“Pride Of The Sahel” : Codes On Yobe State License Plate Numbers And Their Meaning

“Pride Of The Sahel” : What the alphanumeric codes on Yobe 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 Yobe State have the name and the unique slogan of the State, “Pride Of The Sahel”, 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 Yobe or Licensing Office where the vehicle is registered.

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

BADE – GSH

BOSARI – DPH

DAMATURU – DTR

FIKA – FKA

FUNE – FUN

GEIDAM – GDM

GUJBA – GJB

GULANI – GLN

JAKUSKO – JAK

KARASUWA – KRS

MACHINA – MCN

NANGERE – NNR

NGURU – NGU

POTISKUM – PKM

TARMUA – TMW

YUNUSARI – YUN

YUSUFARI – YS

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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