Taiwo Akinkunmi, the designer of the Nigerian flag, is dead. He was aged 87. Akinkunmi Akinwumi, one of his children, announced the death in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
“Life is indeed transient; I can say boldly that you lived a life with a landmark. Continue to rest, my father! Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi (O.F.R.): Great Man has gone,” he wrote.
Akinkunmi is reported to have di€d in the early hours of Wednesday after a brief illness.
On his 85th birthday in 2021, former President Muhammadu Buhari celebrated Akinkunmi for upholding “the values that every citizen should emulate for nation building, which include humility, selflessness, integrity and a keen interest in seeking greater good for country and humanity”.
The former president beseeched God to grant the octogenarian and retired civil servant longer life, good health and strength to keep serving the nation he loves so much.
