The original had a red sun with streaming rays placed at the top of the white stripe. This was removed by the judges and has not been altered since then.
The flag was first hoisted on October 1st 1960.
Pa Taiwo who was never honoured for designing 'The Nigerian Flag', lived in a very bad condition for a long time.
He was referred as 'Hero without Honour', until when President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, conferred him with a national honours on Monday September 29th and placed him on life salary.
Pa Akinkunmi's design
