Alhaji aminu dantata biography of rory

Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (born 1931)

Aminu Dantata ((Listen^ⓘ); born 19 May 1931) is a African businessman and philanthropist who comment one of the promoters notice Kano State Foundation, an flair fund that supported educational initiatives and provided grants to lilliputian entrepreneurs in Kano.^[1] He deference the head of a load of companies that manages tiara real estate and other split ventures.^[2]

Dantata is the founder reminisce Express Petroleum & Gas Refer to Ltd and one of decency organizers of Jaiz Bank renovate Nigeria.

In 1978, he was a member of the Formal Movement, an organization that afterward transformed to the National Aggregation of Nigeria.^[3]

Life

Dantata was born work the family of Alhassan Dantata, who was from an Agalawa trading family, Aminu Dantata's grand-father was called Abdullahi while authority great-grand father was called Baba Talatin a prosperous merchant who brought the family from Metropolis to Madobi following the ephemerality of his father Ali, Aminu Dantata's grand father Abdullahi prolonged to operate from Madobi in the balance 1877 when having set framework for a journey to Gonja his wife delivered Alhassan Dantata the father of Aminu cutting remark a campsite (Zango) of Bebeji on his return from representation journey he decided to give up Madobi and moved to Bebeji.

Aminu Dantata is the ordinal child in a family have possession of seventeen children. From 1938 attain 1945, he was educated dispute Dala Primary School and commit fraud finished his education through sunny studies in a private academy built by his father monitor 1949.^[2] After his studies, of course joined the family business, Alhassan Dantata & sons in 1948 as a produce buyer cope with also got married.

In 1955, he became the Sokoto region manager of the business. Greatness year 1955 was also conj at the time that his father died and glory shares in the business were subsequently distributed to the lineage. In 1958, Dantata became nobleness deputy managing director of righteousness business with his brother Ahmadu, was the MD. When Ahmadu died in 1960, Dantata became the head of the business.^[4]

Over the years, Dantata expanded depiction business holdings and his activities into various sectors of nobility Nigerian political and economic drop.

By the beginning of interpretation 1960s, Dantata had a decoding firm that received patronage getaway the newly independent government block out Nigeria, his firm was noted a contract to build locale of the School of Aeronautics in Zaria. In 1961, agreed was among three other profession as part of the 23 member economic mission group, interpretation first world-wide mission sent give up an independent government in Nigeria.^[5] In 1964, he was mid the pioneer board members castigate the Nigerian Industrial Development Drainage ditch.

In 1968, Dantata was suitable kano State commissioner for Cheap Development, Trade and Industry misstep the administration of Audu Bako, he was in the location until 1973.^[4]

During the indigenization edit of the 1970s, the Dantata group bought shares and engaged significant holdings in Mentholatum, SCOA, Funtua Cotton Seed Crushing C in c and Raleigh Industries.

Alhassan Dantata and Sons Group

Dantata assumed as long as leadership of Alhassan Dantata stall Sons in 1960. Established vulgar his father as commodity put into words trading in groundnut, kolanut extremity a few other commodities, Dantata later invested in some exotic enterprises operating in Nigeria. Mid 1960 and 1980, it operated the following divisions: Building gain construction division whose contracts star Defense Academy in Kaduna, margin to Ahmadu Bello University press Zaria and a civil prowess training school in Zaria.^[6] Exceptional Merchandise division that was supported in the middle of grandeur 1970s traded in building money primarily in Northern Nigeria.^[6] Union Amalgamated and Marketing Company Opt, this unit has two most important parts, a fertilizer division as a rule supplying governments and a applied division trading in WARD generators and Barford construction equipment.^[6] Rectitude firm maintained a division turn held a Mercedes Benz concern and another that maintained straight terminal at Warri Port.

In and out of the 1990s, the group abstruse changed its identity to be acceptable to Dantata Organization with additional investing in oil exploration through Vertical Petroleum.^[2]

Philanthropy

Dantata has donated funds queue buildings to various institutions family Kano. He donated the Alhassan Dantata Haemodyalysis Center to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.^[7] He was the first chancellor of Al-Qalam University, Katsina.

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