“The Land Of Promise” : What the alphanumeric codes on Akwa Ibom 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 Akwa Ibom State have the name and the unique slogan of the State, “The Land Of Promise”, 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 Akwa Ibom or Licensing Office where the vehicle is registered.

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

ABAK – ABK

EASTERN-OBOI.O – KRT

EKET – KET

ESIT EKET – KST

ESSIEN-UDIM – AFH

ETIM-EKPO – AEE

ETINAM – ETN

IBENO – PNG

IBESIKPO-ASUTAN – NGD

IBIONO-IBOM – BMT

IKA – NY A

IKONO – KKN

IKOT-ABASI – KTS

IKOT-EKPENE – KTE

INI – DRK

ITU – TTU

MBO – ENW

MKPAT-ENIN – MKP

NSIT-IBOM – AFG

NSIT-UBIUM – KTD

NSIT-ATAI – TAI

OBOT-AKARA – NTE

OKOBO – KPD

ONNA – ABT

ORON – RNN

ORUKANAM – KTM

UDUNG-UKO – EYF

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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