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Ogun State Plate Number Codes And Their Meaning
We will continue in our series in state plate number codes and the meaning behind their abbreviations. Recently, we have looked into Lagos, Abuja and Oyo states.
States plate number codes are assigned based on cities, towns and local government that are popular and are significant. Today, we will look at Ogun State. Ogun State is fondly known as the gateway state.
Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Created in 1976, it borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo and Osun states to the north, Ondo to the east and the Republic of Benin to the west. Abeokuta is the capital and largest city in the state. The state’s appellation is “Gateway to Nigeria”. It was created in February 1976 from the former Western State. The 2006 census recorded a total population of 3,751,140 residents.
Other cities and towns in the Ogun State are Ijebu Ode, Ijebu Imusin, Sagamu, Ijebu Igbo, Ogere Remo, Iperu, Ilishan, Ikenne, Odogbolu, Ilaro, Ayetoro, Agbado, Akute and Ota. The state is notable for having a high concentration of industrial estates and being a major manufacturing hub in Nigeria.
Ogun State consists of twenty local government areas and the state plate number codes are derived from these local governments and cities around them.
The unique plate combination itself is in the format ABC-123DE. The first three letters indicate the Local Government Area in which the vehicle was registered, which are followed by three digits and two letters. The background consists of an outline of a map of Nigeria. Before 2011, the three letters indicating the Local Government Area were at the end, in the format AB123-CDE.
Below are the Ogun state number plate codes and their various acronyms
- AAB – Abeokuta South (Ake Abeokuta)
- ABG – Ogun Waterside (Abigi)
- GBE – Ijebu East (Ogbere)
- SGM – Sagamu
- JGB – Ijebu North (Ijebu Igbo)
- AKM – Abeokuta North (Akomoje)
- AYE – Egbado North (Aiyetoro)
- DED – Odeda
- DGB – Odogbolu
- FFF – Ifo
- TTN – Ijebu North East
- JBD – Ijebu Ode
- JGB – Ijebu North
- TTD – Ado Odo/Ota
- WDE – Obafemi Owede
- KNN – Ikenne
- SRA – Remo North
- MEK – Imeko Afon
- PKA – Ipokia
Nigerian vehicle registration plates in current use were introduced in 1992 and revised in 2011. Nigeria and Liberia are the only two African countries that use the North American standard 6 × 12 inches (152 × 300 mm), with Egypt using an approximately similar size of 170 x 350 mm. The international code for Nigeria is “WAN” (West Africa Nigeria).
The license plates are generally white and the number itself is imprinted in blue. In the upper left-hand corner, they carry the Flag of Nigeria or the national coat of arms. The state name and slogan is displayed at the top centre of the plate, and the “Federal Republic of Nigeria” is written at the bottom.
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