Taiwo Akinkunmi Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Designing Nigeria's national flag == Akinkunmi entered the competition which he came across in a library. In his own words, "I took details of what is [to be] expected to design a flag that would be used by a country that was about to witness [its] independence. I took part in the competition and my design was selected as the best in the year 1958."{{r|Ismail Roxario 2001 p. 5}} In 2021, Akinkunmi unveiled the world’s largest national flag in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 June 2021 |title=Designer of Nigeria's flag, Akinkunmi, unveils world’s largest flag in Ibadan |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/designer-of-nigerias-flag-akinkunmi-unveils-worlds-largest-flag-in-ibadan/ |access-date=27 April 2022 |website=Tribune Online |language=en-GB}}</ref> {{gallery|mode=nolines|align=center|whitebg=no|height=90 |File:Flag of Nigeria (original proposal).svg|Akinkunmi's Original design |File:Flag of Nigeria.svg|Final design }} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page