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Encyclopedia > Orders, decorations, and medals of Nigeria

Nigerian National Honours are a set of orders and decorations conferred upon Nigerians and friends of Nigeria every year


The Nigerian National Honors were instituted by the National Honors Act No. 5 of 1964, during the Nigerian First Republic, to honour Nigerians from all walks of life, who have rendered special and outstanding services in their various callings, to the benefit and progress of the nation. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... The First Republic was the republican government of Nigeria between 1963 and 1966 governed by the first republican constitution. ...


The Nigerian National Honours, in descending order of importance, are:

  • Grand Commander of the order of the Federal Republic (GCFR)
  • Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON)
  • Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR)
  • Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON)
  • Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR)
  • Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON)
  • Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR)
  • Member of the Order of the Niger (MON)

The GCPR and GCON are customarily respectively bestowed on former occupants of the office of President of Nigeria and Vice President of Nigeria including former military heads of state of Nigeria and Chiefs of General Staff. The GCON is also customarily bestowed on the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the President of the Nigerian Senate during their first year in offic, while the CON is customarily bestowed on Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria The President of Nigeria is both head of government and head of state of Nigeria. ... A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ... The Senate is the upper house of the National Assembly of Nigeria. ... The Supreme Court of Nigeria is the highest court in Nigeria, and is located in the Central District, Abuja, in what is known as the Three Arms Zone, so called due to the close proximity of the offices of the Presidential Complex, the National Assembly, and the Supreme Court. ...


External links

  • Nigerian National Honours press release, October 2003.
  • Online Nigeria: The National Honours

 

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