Yoruba World Congress (YWC) worldwide has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to address the alleged delay in the burial of Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, the man who designed the Nigerian flag.
Yoruba World Congress worldwide has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to address the alleged delay in the burial of Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, the man who designed the Nigerian flag.
The delegation of the government was led by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammad Idris to the deceased’s family in Ibadan where Pa Akinkunmi lived until he breathed his last last year. The letter read in part, “This open letter is for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to personally look into this issue as a matter of urgency. The designer of the flag of Nigeria Late Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi died on August 21, 2023, and his body was deposited in a morgue at a location in Ibadan, Oyo State.”
“The family of Pa Akinkunmi had planned the burial for December 7 and 8, 2023, but it was annulled by the Oyo State Government on the ground that there was no representation from the government to confirm the date chosen by the family.”
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