Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- BUA Cement has begun the manufacturing of POP gypsum plasterboards at its Port Harcourt factory, barely a year after operations started at the 2,400-ton per day plant.

"Production has commenced at our Port Harcourt facility for POP gypsum plaster boards, building on the POP production we started earlier - continuing our commitment to local manufacturing in Nigeria," Chairman Abdul Samad Rabiu stated in a Facebook post on Thursday.

The building materials maker is branching into POP production to capitalise on a supply gap in the local market, where imports have long met users' needs.

Apart from Nigeria, the POP manufacturing plant, which has been described as the largest of its kind in the country, is looking to other...