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What happens when we have more than 675,324 registered number plates in one LGA?
🔵 Blue prints - Private Vehicle
🔴 Red prints - Commercial Vehicle
🟢 Green prints - Government-owned Vehicle
⚫ Black prints - Armed Forces and Paramilitary
In addition...
A typical Nigerian plate looks like: ABC 123 XY
1. First 3 Letters (ABC) -
Local Government Area (LGA) code where the vehicle was registered.
(LSD= Lagos Island, FFA= Offa)
2. The 3 Numbers (001-999) -
Unique serial numbers assigned sequentially.
3. Last 2 Letters (XY) -
Serial suffixes used to expand combinations.
When numbers 001-999 run out, these letters help create new unique plates.