“Fountain Of Knowledge” : Alphanumeric Codes On Ekiti State License Plate Numbers And Their Meaning

“Fountain Of Knowledge” : What the Alphanumeric (consisting of both letters and numerals) codes on Ekiti 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 Ekiti State have the name and the unique slogan of the State, “Fountain Of Knowledge or Land Of Honour”, 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 Ekiti or Licensing Office where the vehicle is registered.

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

ADO-EKITI – ADK

EFON – EFY

EKITI-EAST – MUE

EKITI-SOUTH-WEST – LAW

EKITI-WEST – AMK

EMURE – EMR

ISE-ORUN – SSE

GBONYIN – DEA

IDO-OSI – DEK

IJERO – JER

IKERE – KER

IKOLE – RLE

ILEJEMEJE – YEK

IREPODUN/IFELODUN – GED

MOBA – TUN

OYE – YEE

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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