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CFR (Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria)

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IMAGE: Former Speaker of the House of Assembly and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal »

Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFR), is the 3rd highest rank in Nigeria's national honours.

The National Honours are commendations given to noteworthy Nigerians and Foreign friends for their achievements in the advancement of the Nigerian society and is not to be confused with the National Merit Awards.

They were initiated by the National Honours Act of 1963 and are the mandate of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The National Honours in ranking order are: GCFR, GCON, CFR, CON, OFR, OON, MFR, and MON. Other honours also exist for the Armed Forces and Security Services.

NOTABLE RECIPIENTS

	NAME	PROFESSION	BEST KNOWN AS/FOR
1	Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal	Politician	Speaker House Of Representative
2	Mr. Ita Ekpentoung E. Ita	Civil Servant	Director General State Security Service
3	Mohammed Bello Adoke, San	Civil Servant	Attorney General Of The Federal
4	Lt-Gen. Azubuke Ihejrika	Armed Forces	Chief Of Army Staff
5	Hafiz Rigim	Police	Inspector General Of Police
6	Abdullahi, D.I	Customs Service	Comptroller General Of Customs
7	Rear Admiral A.A Madueke	Armed Forces	Former Chief Of Naval Staff
8	Prof. Chinua Achebe	Scholar	Author of Things Fall Apart, Arrow of God and There was a Country
9	Dr. Shehu Usman Abubakar	Traditional Ruler	The Emir Of Gombe
10	Hrh Oba (Dr) David Victor Folagbade Olateru Olagbegi	Traditional Ruler	The Olowo Of Owo
11	Hrh. Dr. Muhammed B. Aliyu Mustapha	Traditional Ruler	Lamido Of Adamawa
12	Hrh Alhaji (Dr) Rilwanu Suleiman Adamu	Traditional Ruler	Emir Of Bauchi