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I hope this article will be helpful for you:
Traditional Building Materials as a Sustainable Resource and Material for Low Cost Housing in Nigeria: Advantages, Challenges and the Way Forward
By: Ikechukwu Onyegiri and Iwuagwu Ben Ugochukwu
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Local Building Materials: Affordable Strategy for Housing the Urban Poor in Nigeria
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Facility Performance and the Need for Building Sustainability in Nigeria: A Review
By: Keke, O. V. and Oladejo, E. I.
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Several agricultural wastes such as palm kernel shell, coconut shell and fibers, etc. There is also a large amount of various ashes that can be used as partial replacement of OPC
There are many construction materials in Nigeria such as adobe, bamboo, thatch, stones, timber, coconut tree, grasses etcetera. These materials are cheap relative to the imported materials from outside the country.
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