Brief History of the National Honours Award
The National Honours was established by the National Honours Act CAP N43 of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. The act empowers the President to establish by Warrant the Nigeria Order dignity to honour deserving citizens who have contributed to the development and progress of the country as well as to any human field of endeavours which takes effect from 1st October, 1963. The Honours warrant of 1964, as it is, established two categories of the Nigerian Order of Dignity each with four ranks of the Order as follows: a. Order of the Federal Republic b. Order of…