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Benue State No BENUE STATE NO. NAME STATUS ADDRESS 10 ATIKU ABUBAKAR ROAD MAKURDI BENUE 1 A D B DRIVING SCHOOL APPROVED STATE ADOTSE AND OTSE (A&O) IGUMALE, ADO LGA BENUE STATE 2 APPROVED DRIVING ACADEMY 3 AJEMAB DRIVING SCHOOL APPROVED 19 KADUNA STREET, OTUKPO, BENUE STATE ALEX INTERNATIONAL DRIVING 3 PRINCE ENO CRESCENT EUPI ENUGU ROAD 4 APPROVED SCHOOL OTUKPO BENUE BLOCK 5, VICTOR MALU ROAD NEW GRA 5 BETA DRIVING SCHOOL APPROVED MAKURDI CLASSIC MODEL DRIVING NEAR A75 BLOCK INDUSTRY, FORMER CLINIC 6 APPROVED SCHOOL ROAD GBOKO. BENUE STATE ALONG NKWO MARKET ROAD, OPP. DEEPER EXCELLENT CONCEPT DRIVING 7 APPROVED LIFE CHURCH, OLACHAGBAHA OTUKPA, SCHOOL OGBADIBO, BENUE BESIDE BIRS OFFICE, KM2 GBOKO ROAD, 8 GOALS DRIVING SCHOOL APPROVED MAKURDI 53 CAPT. DOWNSON ST, GBOKO BENUE 9 GOODLUCK DRIVING SCHOOL APPROVED STATE JACOB AYOKI DRIVING SCHOOL NO 9C, ST. FRANCIS STREET ADEKAA GBOKO 10 APPROVED LTD EAST BENUE JINKA SPECIALIST DRIVING SUITE 11 NO 98 JUBU PLAZA OPP BSU GBOKO 11 APPROVED SCHOOL ROAD MAKURDI LINKLISH DYNAMIC DRIVING NO.38, MISSION WARD ALOONG NORTH 12 APPROVED SCHOOL BANK MARKET MAKURDI, BENUE STATE 3, ABU KING SULUWA ROAD MAKURDI 13 NATIONAL DRIVING SCHOOL APPROVED BENUE STATE OK PROFESSIONAL DRIVING 14 APPROVED COLLEGE ROAD, KATSINA ALA BENUE STATE SCHOOL 15 ONOGWU DRIVING SCHOOL APPROVED 63, ANKPA ROAD MAKURDI BENUE STATE BENUE INDUSRIAL LATOUT, KM 2 NAKA 16 ORACLE DRIVING SCHOOL APPROVED ROAD MARKUDI PERFECFT TOUCH DRIVING C/O 56, ST JUDE TECH. COLLEGE TE-MKER 17 APPROVED SCHOOL VANDEIKYA BENUE SAKAMU DRIVING SCHOOL, TONIMAS SHOPPING PLAZA, MAKURDI 18 APPROVED BENUE BENUE ABUKING SHULUWA ROAD BESIDE 'E' 19 SHAANA DRIVING SCHOOL APPROVED DIVISION PLOICE STATION MAKURDI, BENUE STATE SUITE 101 - 104 CHI LOYS GUES INN, 20 TRIPOD DRIVING SCHOOL APPROVED OPPOSITE TILLEY GYDO COLL NORTH BANK, MAKURDI, BENUE STATE 21 UFES CLASIC DRIVING SCHOOL APPROVED NO 43 ABU AKPEHE MAKURDI, BENUE STATE 22 UNITY DRIVING SCHOOL APPROVED NO 6 PIPE LINE ROAD OTUKPO BENUE.
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