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Buhari celebrates designer of National flag at 85

By Terhemba Daka
10 May 2021   |   3:59 pm
President Muhammad Buhari has joined family members and friends to celebrate with the designer of the national flag, Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi whose creativity and patriotism, he said, remain remarkable. President Buhari who sent felicitations to Akinkunmi on the occasion of his 85th birthday on Monday, affirmed that the national flag designer who is an honorary…

Taiwo Akinkunmi, the man who designed Nigerian flag at independence

President Muhammad Buhari has joined family members and friends to celebrate with the designer of the national flag, Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi whose creativity and patriotism, he said, remain remarkable.

President Buhari who sent felicitations to Akinkunmi on the occasion of his 85th birthday on Monday, affirmed that the national flag designer who is an honorary Life Presidential Adviser upholds 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 President, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, also prayed that God will grant the octogenarian and retired civil servant longer life, good health, and strength to keep serving the nation he loves so much

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