Nigeria Breaks Another Guinness World Record, Hoist World’s Largest Flag

The World’s Largest Flag to be hoisted has been unveiled in Nigeria. The private event took place at the Polo Ground in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Thursday.

The flag covers an area of 3,275.6 square meters with a length of 75.3 meters and a width of 43.5 meters.

Prior to the unveiling, the Guinness world record for the largest flag to be flown was held by the United Arab Emirate, which covered an area of 2,448.6 square meters.

The process to certify this achievement has begun and should be concluded before the flag is hoisted in Ibadan later this year.

The unveiling was attend­ed by members of Pa. Taiwo Akinkunmi’s family, close friends, Timi Dakolo and media representatives.

The Octogenarian also gave special recognition to the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, for sur­prising and honouring him.

Irabor, who made a sur­prise visit at the event, said: “Let us always remember that the flag is not a mere symbol of Nigeria; it is a symbol of a United Nigeria. Let us work together for uni­ty and love.”

Pa Akinkunmi said “I have always dreamt about Nigeria being at the forefront of every good thing.

Pa Akinkunmi was born on May 10, 1936. The journey to creating Nigeria’s nation­al flag started about 63 years ago when he was studying Electrical Engineering at Norwood Technical College in London.

He saw a newspaper ad­vert calling on people to enter a competition to design the Nigerian flag. He mailed his submission to Lagos in 1959 and in October of the follow­ing year, received a letter inviting him to the London Office of the Commission­er for Nigeria in the United Kingdom, where he was told that his green and white de­sign had been selected.