Question (English): the green colour of the nigeria flag stands for
Question (Yorùbá): àwọ̀ ewé inú àsíá orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà dúró fún
Answer (English): The flag of Nigeria was designed in 1959 and first officially hoisted on 1 October 1960. The flag is a vertical 1 : 2 triband of green, white, green. The two green stripes represent Nigeria 's natural wealth, while the white band represents peace.
Answer (Yorùbá): Àwọ̀ àsíá náà jẹ́ aláwọ̀ ewé-funfun-aláwọ̀ ewé, tí aláwọ̀-ewé náà dúró fún iṣẹ́-àgbè, tí funfun sì dúró fún àlàáfíà àti ìṣọ̀kan.

English document: Nigeria Use National flag Proportion 1:2 Adopted 1 October 1960 (57 years ago) Design A vertical bicolour triband of green, white and green Designed by Micheal Taiwo Akinkunmi Variant flag of Nigeria Use State flag Proportion 1:2 Design A vertical bicolour triband of green, white and green; charged with the Coat of arms in the centre Variant flag of Nigeria Use Civil ensign Proportion 1:2 Design A red field with the national flag, in the canton Variant flag of Nigeria Use State ensign Proportion 1:2 Design A blue field with the national flag, in the canton Variant flag of Nigeria Use Naval ensign Proportion 1:2 Design A white field with the national flag in the canton, with the Naval seal in the fly. Variant flag of Nigeria Use Air force ensign Proportion 1:2 Design A sky-blue field with the national flag in the canton, with the air force roundel in the fly. The flag of Nigeria was designed in 1959 and first officially hoisted on 1 October 1960. The flag is a vertical 1:2 triband of green, white, green. The two green stripes represent Nigeria's natural wealth, while the white band represents peace. Contents [ hide ] 1 Design 2 Flag specifications 2.1 Colour specifications 3 Gallery 3.1 Government flags 3.2 Historical flags 3.3 Subnational flags 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Design [ edit ] The national flag is an adaptation of the winning entry from Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi in a competition held in 1959. The original submission had a red radiating sun badge in the centre triptych of one white vertical with a green vertical on each side. After the badge was removed by the judges, the flag has remained unchanged. Like other countries, Nigeria has special ensigns for civil and naval vessels. Some of its states also have flags. Akinkunmi was a twenty-three year-old student at the time he designed the flag. He was studying at Norwich Technical College in London, England, when he saw an advertisement in a newspaper that submissions were being accepted for the design of a new national flag of Nigeria. In 1959 Akinkunmi's design was chosen as the winner and, with adaptations, was first officially used on 1 October 1960, Nigeria's Independence Day. Flag specifications [ edit ] Colour specifications [ edit ] Colour scheme Green White RAL None 9003 Signal white CMYK 100.0.39.47 0.0.0.0 Hexadecimals #008753 #FFFFFF Decimals 0,135,83 255,255,255 Gallery [ edit ] Government flags [ edit ] Flag of the President of Nigeria Flag of the President as Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces Former flag of the President, adopted in 1963 Flag of the Nigerian Defence Forces Naval ensign of Nigeria (1960-1998) Akinkunmi's original proposal Historical flags [ edit ] Flag of the Royal Niger Company (1887-1888) Flag of the Royal Niger Company (1888-1899) Flag of the British West African Settlements Flag of the Lagos Colony (1886-1906) Flag of the Oil Rivers Protectorate Flag of the Niger Coast Protectorate Flag of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate (1900-1914) Flag of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate (1900-1914) Flag of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (1914-1960) Subnational flags [ edit ] Flag of Osun State See also [ edit ] Nigeria portal Heraldry portal Coat of arms of Nigeria Flag of Rhodesia References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Nigeria . Nigeria at Flags of the World Worldstatesmen.org – Nigeria