“A New World” : Codes On Jigawa State License Plate Numbers And Their Meaning

“A New World” : What the alphanumeric codes on Jigawa State License Plates stands for. 

The unique number plate combination used by Private and Commercial vehicles is in the format ABC-123DE. 

The first three letters (ABC) indicates the Local Government Area (LGA) where the vehicle is registered.

Vehicle Registration Plates (license plate number) issued to both private and commercial vehicles in Jigawa State have the name and the unique slogan of the State, “A New World”, displayed at the top centre of the plate.

Like any other plates issued across the country, the unique plate combination is in the format ABC-123DE, with each of the first three letters (ABC) indicating the Local Government Areas (LGA) in Jigawa or Licensing Office where the vehicle is registered.

The following are the first three letters on Jigawa State plate numbers and the Local Government Areas (LGA) in which they were registered.

AUYO – AUY

BABURA – BBR

BIRINIWA – BNW

BIRNIN-KUDU – BKD

BUJI – BUJ

DUTSE – DUT

GAGARAWA – GGW

GARKI – GRK

GUMEL – GML

GURI – GRR

GWARAM – GRM

GWIWA – GWW

HADEJIA – HJA

JAHUN – JHN

KAFIN-HAUSA – KHS

KAUGAMA – KGM

KAZAURE – KZR

KIRKASAMMA – KKM

MAIGATARI – MGR

MALAM-MADURI – MMR

MIGA – MGA

RINGIM – RNG

RONI – RRN

SULE-TANKARKAR – STK

TAURA – TAR

YANKWASHI – YKS

KIYAWA – KYW

ABC-123DE

In addition to the first three letters, which indicates the Local Government Areas (LGA) in which they were registered, the next three digits on the number plates are numbers while the last two letters are used for numbering.

Like other plates issued across the Nation, license plates generally have white background while the color of the numbers varies by vehicle type. Numbers is imprinted in blue for Private vehicles while Commercial vehicles like Danfo buses use red.

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