“Home Of Solid Mineral” : Codes On Nasarawa State License Plate Numbers And Their Meaning

“Home Of Solid Mineral” : What the alphanumeric codes on Nasarawa 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 Nasarawa State have the name and the unique slogan of the State, “Home Of Solid Mineral”, 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 Nasarawa or Licensing Office where the vehicle is registered.

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

AKWANGA – AKW

AWE – AWE

DOMA – DMA

KARU – KRV

KEANA – KEN

KEFFI – KEF

KOKONA – GRU

LAFIA – LFA

NASARAWA – NSW

NASARAWA-EGGON – NEG

OBI – NBB

WAMBA – WAM

TOTO – NTT

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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