First, what is a plate number?
A plate number or a vehicle registration plate is a plate (plastic or metal) attached to an automobile for identification purposes.
A vehicle plate number helps to identify your vehicle in case of any theft or if the vehicle goes missing. Every car in Nigeria has a plate number, as the law requires but not everyone has a regular plate number with numbers.
Popular Nigerian billionaire, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija has a customized plate number, and instead of seeing a plate number, she has ‘Flo’ designed on her plate.
In Nigeria, getting a customized plate number seems like such a big deal, and some people see it as something that only rich people do. Well, what if I told you that the cost of a customized plate in Nigeria is affordable and that you just need to get used to the attention that comes with it.
In Nigeria, because it is regarded as such a big deal, having a customized plate number comes with its own share of attention, whether you are a celebrity or not. If you don’t like the attention, it is best to stick to the normal customized plate number, used in Nigeria.
However, if you are looking to get a customized plate number, and you have been unsure about the cost or what the steps involved are, then stick around and get to the last punctuation mark in this article.
Steps to getting a customized plate number in Nigeria
- You will need to log onto the Federal Road Safety plate number registration platform via nvisng.org. After a successful login, you download the forms shown on the site: auto vehicle license form, form B, tax form, allocation of plate number form and road safety commission form.
The forms can also be gotten physically at the Federal Road Safety Corps office closest to you.
- Ensure that the details on the forms are accurate and free from any error.
- You can proceed to the State Board of Internal Revenue/mobile license authority to submit the already filled-out documents.
Some documents to be submitted along with the printed-out documents from the website are:
- A hand-written application letter requesting a customized plate number, indicating the preferred number or name to be written on the plate.
- An attestation letter and a purchase receipt, if the car is brand new.
- Relevant shipping documents (if the car was imported).
- A national (Nigerian) means of personal identification like a national identity card, driver’s license, permanent voter’s card, or international passport. Any of the listed documents will do, as far as it contains your means of identification.
- A valid driver’s license.
- Tax identification number.
- Approved insurance papers.
- A document showing the proof of ownership of the vehicle.
- A car insurance policy number.
- If the presented documents are approved, an officer is to stamp the documents.
- Make payments and present the receipt to the motor license authority.
Cost of a customized plate number
Acquiring a customized plate number in Nigeria is not an arduous task as people place it to be. Once the steps shown above have been followed and it is time to pay. A sum of money in Naira from 150,000 to 200,000 Naira is paid into the bank to become the owner of a customized plate number in Nigeria.
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