Nigeria license plate: Government

Issued today 2011 to today. Government plates for car, van, truck, and bus, issued by Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). One of 8 Nigeria license plates.

Nigeria license plate, Government (2011 to today), sample WIU180DU

Format, years and the law

Format
LLL999LL, for example WIU180DU (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it.

Years issued
2011 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Government: civil government fleets with distinct series. Issued for car, van, truck, and bus.
Size
308 × 155.6 mm · every country's size
About this plate
Federal, State and Local Government fleets. Under §2.3 that is a DESIGN difference, and a design difference makes a series.

Legal basis and sources

  1. reg. 39(2)(c)-(d) green lettering for federal/state government and LGA; reg. 39(3)(b) Coat of Arms top-left; Schedule 5 Fig. https://sabilaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/National-Road-Traffic-Regulations-2012.pdf

This plate in your app

The series id is ng-government-2011. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Nigeria's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ng \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "ng-government-2011")'