Mushin, Nigeria

Map showing Mushin in Lagos

Mushin is a suburb of Lagos, located in Lagos State, Nigeria, and is one of Nigeria's 774 Local Government Areas.^[1] It is located 10 km north of the Lagos city core, adjacent to the main road to Ikeja, and is a largely a congested residential area with inadequate sanitation and low-quality housing. It had 633,009 inhabitants at the 2006 Census. The core centre of Mushin is centred around Ojuwoye Town. Mushin denotes the picking of a Fruit know as Ishin fruit which is a connotation of two words "MU"- meaning pick and "Ishin" which is a fruit. Both words form the Great legendary Mushinland that has produced notary people that has won accolade far and near. The King of this Great Land Mushin is OBA FATAI A. AILERU II (JP), a First class king and a member of the Lagos State Oba-in-council.

Economy

Mushin has about four industrial Estates which are:

• Matori Industrial Estate — (Banking, shoes, furniture, Engineering products,Media & Telecommunication,foods and beverage Industries),

• Ilupeju Industrial Estate — (Banking, Engineering products,comestics,foods and beverage Industries),

• Aswani Industrial Estate — (Textiles Industries)

• Ilasamaja-Isolo Industrial Estate — in which steel and aluminum products, furniture, concrete, clothing, plastics, textiles, beverages and shoes are produced.

Mushin also has many markets, among them are:

• Ojuwoye Market — Main for food stuff, beverages and comestics is the largest retailing market in Lagos.

• Awolowo Market - At Oloosa bus stop. - Bulk food, poultry, meat, dried and frozen fish, vegetables, yam, beauty products.

• Ladipo Automobile Market — which is the best and large automobile spare part market in Nigeria probably in Africa.

• Aladesuru Market - A Food and general merchandise market.

• Daleko Market — This market is the largest market for Rice, beans, and groundnut oil in Africa has more than 40 warehouses for storing rice, beans and other food products

• Mushin Local Government is home to many great company: Ambiyet Communication Company, Nestle Nigeria Plc, Sosaplast, Records Labels, Elubo Grammar School owned by Abigail Oredola at 11 Iyalla Street.,Abelson Engineering Company whose specialty is in metal turning, machining, fabrication and general contractor.

Mushin is also the home of Lagos University Teaching Hospital popularly known as LUTH.

Fela Kuti's former home/commune, the Kalakuta Republic is located along Agege Motor Road in the Idi-Oro neighborhood of Mushin. Fela's old Afrika Shrine club was also located in Idi-Oro, in the courtyard of the Empire Hotel, before it was burned down by the Obasanjo military regime. A new Shrine was later built in neighboring northern suburb of Ikeja.

Notable residents

• Aileru Ruling House, Royal Compound
• Odu-Abore Ruling House, Royal Compound
• Prince Idris Aileru, CROWNPRINCE of MUSHINLAND
• Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, fuji musician
• Sir Shina Peters, juju musician
• King Sunny Ade, juju musician
• GANIYU OLANREWAJU SOLOMONSENATOR, Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Durella
• MUIZ BANIRE
• Oluremi Babatunde Adeyelu, An entrepreneur
• Fela Ransome Kuti
• Ebenezer Obey Fabiyi, juju musician
• Olufuwa Samson Temitayo, A great ambassador of Mushin
• Ajebeku Ayoola, A great ambassador of Mushin
• Pasuma Alabi, fuji musician
• Fatai Roling Dollar, musician
• Mustapha Shakiru Founder of Unlimited Computer Education and Goodwill Community Foundation
• Alabi-Newton Samsideen Fellow Chartered Information Technology Professional of the British Computer Society
• Wande Coal, musician
• Sunny-T Adesankan, fuji musician
• Shina Akanni, fuji musician
• Hardx, hip hop artist
• Moses Olaiya Adejumo "Baba Sala", comedian
• Adeolu Akinsanya - "Baba Eto", musician
• Obasuyi Ayotunde Abel, Foremost Engineer
• Engr. Oredola Akinloluwa Victor, Software Engineer
• Iredele N. Opeyemi, Media Consultant/Printer
• Chief Olayinka Muritala, Property Developer

, An entrepreneur

• Pastor E.A. Adeboye, General Overseer, Redeem Christian Church of God
• Pastor W.F. Kumuyi, General superintendent, Deeper Life Bible Ministries
• Bishop John Osa-Oni, General Overseer, Vineyard Christian Ministries
• Rev. Dr. Obiora Ezekiel, General Overseer, Christian Pentecostal Mission International (CPM)

Theaters in Mushin

• Idera Cinema
• Rainbow Cinema
• Jebako Cinema

Hotels in Mushin

• Empire Hotel
• Western Hotel
• Hotel De Aziz
• Mushin City Hotel
• Mayflower Hotel
• 69 Hotel

• Mushin Ajina on Facebook
• Mushin Ajina on Yahoo group

References

1. ^ "Mushin". NigeriaCongress.org. http://www.nigeriacongress.org/FGN/administrative/lgadetails.asp?lg=Mushin. Retrieved 2007-04-08. 

Coordinates: 6°32′N 3°21′E / 6.533°N 3.35°E / 6.533; 3.35