• As Buhari confers highest number of awards
On Tuesday, the second and bigger group of recipients received their awards.
Following this is the previous president Goodluck Jonathan, who bestowed honours on 313 people in 2013 and 2014.
Exclusively 14 people have attained the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic title, which is only given to the President, according to a detailed breakdown.
Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger honours have been given to 42 people, while Commander of the Federal Republic honours have been given to 359 people.
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The rest are as follows: Commander of the Order of the Niger (573), Officer of the Federal Republic (966), OON (1,331), MFR (1,039), MON (775), Federal Republic Medal I (154) and Federal Republic Medal II (89).
The National Honours Awards was established by the National Honours Act of No 6 in 1964. It took retroactive effect from October 1, 1963.
The Act empowers the President by warrant, the Nigerian Order of Dignity to honour deserving citizens who have contributed to the development of and progress of the country in any field of endeavour.
In 2022, some of the 13 persons who will be honoured posthumously include former Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari (CFR), former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and Aircraft Man Matthew Oyedepo, the latter two who died in a fatal plane crash in May 2021.
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