“Treasure Base Of The Nation” : Codes On Rivers State License Plate Numbers And Their Meaning

What the Alphanumeric (consisting of both letters and numerals) codes on Rivers 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 Rivers State have the name and the unique slogan of the State, “Treasure Base Of The Nation”, 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 Rivers or Licensing Office where the vehicle is registered.

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

ABOA/ODUAL – ABU

AHOADA-EAST – AHD

AHOADA-WEST – KNM

AKUKUTORU – ABM

ANDONI – NDN

ASARI-TORU – BGM

BONNY – BNY

DEGEMA – DEG

ELEME – NCH

EMUOHA – MHA

ETCHE – KHE

GOKANA – KPR

KWERRE – SKP

KHANA – BRR

OBIA/AKPOR – RUM

OGBA-EGBEMA-NDONI – RGM

OGU/BOLO – GGU

OKIRIKA – KRK

OMUMA – BER

OPOBO/NKORO – PBT

OYIGBO – AFM

PORT-HARCOURT – PHC

TAI – SKN

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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