Nigerians to pay extra for driver’s licenses, quantity plates as new charges take impact June 2025
The price of acquiring a driver’s license or quantity plate in Nigeria is about to rise, following the approval of a brand new value construction by the Joint Tax Board (JTB).
The revised charges, which apply nationwide, will take impact on Sunday, June 8, 2025.
Based on a public service announcement issued by the JTB in Could 2025, the adjustment was prompted by the introduction of enhanced security measures within the production of quantity plates and driver’s licenses, together with rising incidental production prices.
As said within the announcement, “The Joint Tax Board (JTB) has authorized a brand new value adjustment for motor automobiles and motorbike quantity plates and driver’s license. The value adjustment is because of the introduction of enhanced security measures on the quantity plates and driver’s license, and the incidental value of production. The brand new value is efficient Sunday, June 8, 2025.”
The JTB, which serves because the apex tax coordination physique within the nation, has known as on related authorities companies and motorized vehicle licensing authorities to implement the up to date charges accordingly.
New charges authorized by the Joint Tax Board
The revised value construction is as follows:
Motorized vehicle driver’s license:
- N15,000 (3 years)
- N21,000 (5 years)
Tricycle driver’s license:
- N7,000 (3 years)
- N11,000 (5 years)
Quantity Plate charges
- Commonplace non-public automobile quantity plate – N30,000
- Commonplace business automobile quantity plate – N30,000
- Articulated automobile quantity plate – N90,000
- Supplier automobile quantity plate – N100,000
- Out of season quantity plate – N150,000
- Fancy automobile quantity plate – N400,000
- Authorities commonplace automobile quantity plate – N80,000
- Authorities fancy automobile quantity plate – N120,000
- Bike quantity plate – N12,000
- Fancy motorbike quantity plate – N50,000
- Authorities commonplace motorbike quantity plate – N20,000
- Authorities fancy motorbike quantity plate – N50,000
What it’s best to know
Upward critiques of driver’s license and quantity plate charges are usually not unusual in Nigeria. In 2021, the same adjustment was authorized by the Joint Tax Board (JTB) following its 147th assembly held in Kaduna on March 25, 2021.
On the time, the price of commonplace non-public and business quantity plates elevated from N12,500 to N18,750, whereas fancy quantity plates rose considerably from N80,000 to N200,000.
Bike quantity plates had been adjusted from N3,000 to N5,000, and articulated automobile plates moved from N20,000 to N30,000. Out-of-series quantity plates had been revised to N50,000 from N40,000, and authorities fancy plates elevated from N15,000 to N20,000.
Driver’s license charges had been additionally reviewed:
- Three-year license: from N6,000 to N10,000
- 5-year license: from N10,000 to N15,000
- Bike/tricycle license (3 years): from N3,000 to N5,000
- Bike/tricycle license (5 years): from N5,000 to N8,000
As with the newly authorized 2025 charges, the 2021 changes had been attributed to rising production prices and the mixing of improved security measures.
