Billionaire Businessman, Alhaji Aminu Dantata is dead.
He died on Saturday at the age of 94. His death was announced by his Private Personal Secretary, Mustapha Junaid.
He wrote, “Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of our beloved father Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata. May Allah grant him Jannatul Firdaus and forgive his shortcomings. The Janazah details will be shared later insha Allah.”
Born 19th May, 1931. Dantata was the founder of Express Petroleum & Gas Company Ltd and one of the organizers of Jaiz Bank in Nigeria.
In 1978, he was a member of the National Movement, an organisation that later transformed to the National Party of Nigeria.
Dantata has donated funds and buildings to various institutions around Kano. He donated the Alhassan Dantata Haemodyalysis Center to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.
He was the first chancellor of Al-Qalam University, Katsina.