Flag of Nigeria

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.
== Design ==
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.Nigeria: One Nation, Many 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.http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/60-minutes-with-the-man-who-designed-nigerian-flag/160096/
==Flag specifications==
===Colour specifications===
Colour scheme	Green	Green 	White	White
RAL 	 	None 	 	9003Signal white
CMYK 	 	100.0.39.47	 	0.0.0.0
Hexadecimals 	 	#008753 	 	#FFFFFF
Decimals 	 	0,135,83 	 	255,255,255
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
== Gallery ==
=== Government flags ===
=== Historical flags ===
=== Subnational flags===
== See also ==
*Coat of arms of Nigeria
*Flag of Rhodesia
==References==
==External links==
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*http://www.flagscorner.com/nigeria-flag/
*Worldstatesmen.org – Nigeria
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