Plate code

TFA Plate Number Meaning: Tofa, Kano

The TFA plate number is registered in Tofa Local Government Area, Kano. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.

Nigerian number plate with the TFA code — Tofa, Kano
A plate issued in Tofa carries the TFA code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

TFA is issued in Tofa, administered from Tofa town. Around 97,734 people were counted there in 2006 across 202 km², about 484 for every square kilometre. The code is set with the registration and inherited by whoever buys the car next.

TFA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the TFA code that our own checks returned data for, most recent first. The make and the colour are shown exactly as the record gave them.

Plate Make Colour Checked
TFA-305AA Carina E Green
TFA-419AA PONTIAC VIBE SILVER
TFA-628AA Honda Accord Custom

No holder name appears here, and none ever will: the Federal Road Safety Corps does not release registration holders to the public, so neither do we.

The District Behind TFA

Local Government Area
Tofa
State
Kano
Headquarters
Tofa
Population
97,734 (2006)
Area
202 km²

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the TFA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so TFA places the paperwork in Tofa. It does not follow the car afterwards: a vehicle sold across state lines keeps its plate until it is re-registered, which is why a TFA plate away from Kano is a question for the seller rather than a finding in itself.

The letters also say nothing about the holder, the model or the history of the vehicle. Colours and special series are a separate system, explained on the code hub; what the car itself has been through — auction lots, damage, mileage at sale — is recorded against its VIN and travels with the car even when the plate changes.

Questions about the TFA plate number

What does the TFA plate number mean?

TFA is the registration code of Tofa Local Government Area in Kano. A vehicle wearing it was registered there; the three digits after the letters are its serial inside that LGA, and the last two letters are the series.

Which state is a TFA plate number from?

Kano. The code identifies the local government area — Tofa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole TFA plate, not just the code?

The lookup takes the full plate and returns the local government area behind it. For the history of the vehicle — auction records, damage, mileage and photographs — check it by VIN.