The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has produced a total of 3,563,759 number plates for motor vehicles and motorcycles between 2020 and 2022.
This is according to the recent National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) 2023 Social Statistics Report, which examined socio-economic developments in Nigeria during this period.
The report showed that the FRSC produced number plates for motor vehicles totalling 2,161,782, compared to 1,066,377 for motorcycles over the three-year period.
Specifically, the 2023 Social Statistics Report indicated that in 2020, the FRSC produced 653,330 number plates for motor vehicles, 767,927 in 2021, and 740,525 in 2022.
For motorcycles, 335,600 number plates were produced in 2020, 386,249 in 2021, and 344,528 in 2022.
When analysing the total number of number plates produced by the FRSC for both motor vehicles and motorcycles in each year, the report revealed that 988,930 number plates were produced in 2020, 1,154,176 in 2021, and 1,085,053 in 2022.
This data highlights that 2021 was the peak year for number plate production by the FRSC.
