Dei Dei Market
This is the most prominent building market in the FCT, located in Dei Dei, a satellite town of the Murtala Mohammed Expressway (Zuba – Kubwa road).
The Abuja International Building Material Market, which I will refer to as the “Main Market”, is about 3km from the express. Still, shops, malls, and plazas sell building materials before and after the primary market.
The timber shed where you can buy wood and the GP tank sellers are before the main market.
Are building materials cheaper inside the primary international market or outside in the shops located before and after the primary market? You have to wait and find out.
The main market consists of different sections
Plumbing pipes section
Steel/iron rods, pipes, and sheet section
Then the general market section consists of shops selling a mix of everything from
electrical pipes, wires, and fitting
Plumbing fitting
Paint
Tiles
Cement
Doors and their accessories
Tools and equipment etc.
Zone 5 Building Material Market
The 2nd market on our list is the Zone 5 Building Material Market opposite the gate Shippers Plaza, Michael Okpara Street, Wuse Zone 5.
The major items sold in this market are plumbing pipes and fitting, but you can also find other building materials here to buy, but there is less variety and higher prices than you can get in the Dei Dei market.
And similar to Dei Dei, most plazas before and after the primary market sells different kinds of building materials.
Gudu Electrical Part Market
The 3rd market on our list is the Gudu Electrical Part Market, located off the Abdulsalami Abubakar Road. As the name implies, the market has a high concentration of shops selling electrical cables and fittings, you can find other shops selling other building materials, but they make up for about 10% of the market.
Like Zone 5 and the Dei Dei market, most plazas around the market sell electrical and other building materials.
Kugbo Furniture Market
The 4th market on our list is the Kugbo Furniture Market located along Asokoro – Karu Road (Nyanya Road); this market has a lot of shops selling furniture like doors, chairs, kitchen cabinets, and wardrobes, made to standard units or your specifications. You can also buy wood/ timber and accessories for construction or furniture.
Nyanya Market
The last on our list is the Nyanya Market, located in Nyanya, the border town between the FCT and Nasarawa State; this market sells a wide variety of building materials like
Plumbing pipes and fittings
Steel/iron rods
Electrical pipes, wires, and fitting
Paint
Tiles
Cement
Timber and woods
Doors and their accessories
Tools and equipment etc.
The standard features of these markets are they usually have traffic to and from the market, and parking is always a challenge.
This is not an exhaustive list; please you can add the name and location of another building material market close to you in the comment section.
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