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NIGERIAN NATIONAL HEROES REGISTER DECREE 1979 Decree No. 47 [lOth August 1979] WHEREAS it is in the national interest to encourage exemplary patrio tism and the spirit of hard work and selfless service amongst all citizens of Nigeria and to inculcate in the said citizens a sense of values and achieve ment devoid of purely materialistic considerations : ANn WHEREAS it is necessllry for this purpose to preserve in perpetuity a place of honour in our national history for citizens of Nigeria (whether living or dead) who have, or had when alive, achieved distinction in any field of human endeavour …