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Ariaria Market in Nigeria: a Home of Cheap and Quality Products

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Markets in Nigeria
Ariaria Market

Ariaria Market in Nigeria is located at in the Eastern part of the country; precisely in Aba, Abia state. It is arguably the largest market East of Niger. It was founded in 1970 after the war and after the fire incidence that gutted Ekoha Market in Aba also.

Though nobody gave it a chance of survival at the new location because it was sited at a swampy location on the outskirts of Aba, like magic, it soon grew in leaps and bounds to become a one-stop market where one could buy virtually all that one needs either in bulk or retail and at good prices.

Most of the notorious products of Aba (Aba Made) were sold in the market.


Various governments have attended to the swampy nature of the market and it presently wears a new look.

Traders come from Ghana, Cameroon, Liberia, Togo and from even Congo, Equitorial Guinea and Ivory Coast to buy goods for resale in those countries. Some Europeans considered it a tourist attraction.

Shoes produced in Aba and sold in the market is competing favourably with Italian shoes. The beauty of Ariaria market products is that they are very affordable and of high quality.

Manufacturing and trading in the market provides massive emploment for youth in Aba in particular and Nigeria in general. This has earned Aba the nickname: Japan of Africa
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