A respected Nigerian business tycoon, philanthropist and elder statesman, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata I dead, aged 94.
A family member confirmed his passing yesterday (June 27), evening.
The famous Kano-born businessman died at a hospital in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates at about 3.00am Nigerian time.
Aminu Dantata to whom Alhaji Aliko Dangote is a grandnephew, was born on May 19, 1931. He was one of the promoters of Kano State Foundation, an endowment fund that supported educational initiatives and provided grants to small-scale entrepreneurs in Kano.
Aminu Ɗantata was one time Kano State Commissioner for Planning and Development from 1967 to 1972 under the government of military Governor, Audu Bako.
He was a member of the Northern House of Assembly from Kano between 1960 and 1966.
In 1978, he was a member of the National Movement, an organization that later transformed to the National Party of Nigeria, the second Republic’s ruling party. He was also an active member of the Northern People’s Congress from 1959 to 1966 as well as member of the Aminu Kano led Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU) from 1959.
Dantata was the founder of Express Petroleum & Gas Company Ltd and one of the organizers of Jaiz Bank in Nigeria.
