Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata

By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano

Kano-born business magnate, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, is dead. He died at the ripe age of 93, after a prolonged illness related to old age.

Family sources confirmed his demise to our Correspondent. The elder statesman succumbed to death at the early hours of Saturday. He may be buried later today (Saturday), according to Muslim rites.

Aminu Alhassan Dantata was born on May 19, 1931. The business mogul was versed in investment, particularly in the finance, real estate, and petroleum sectors.

A renowned philanthropist, Dantata spent fortunes on education, emancipation, skills acquisition, and economic empowerment of the youth.

His disposition to ensuring peace and harmony among businessmen and politicians in Kano, and Nigeria at large remained unequalled.

The late Dantata also contributed his quota to public service. He served in the Kano state government. He was also a member of the Constitution Drafting Committee that prepared Nigeria’s 1979 Constitution.

Dantata was also known to have contributed immensely to the growth of Islam.