Renowned Business Mogul, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, Dies at 94

Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, prominent businessman and respected philanthropist, has passed away at the age of 94.

His death was confirmed on Saturday, June 28, by Uba Tanko Mijinyawa, Deputy National Treasurer of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), in a post on Facebook.

“Inna Lillahi wa’inna ilaihi Raji’un. Allah ya yi wa babanmu Dattijo, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, rasuwa. Muna addu’a Allah ya jikan sa, ya gafarta masa. Za a sanar da lokacin jana’izarsa,” Mijinyawa wrote.

(Translation: “Indeed, we belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. May Allah have mercy on our father and elder, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata. We pray for his forgiveness. The time of his funeral will be announced.”)

Details of his Jana’iza (Muslim funeral prayer) will be made public in due course.

More details to follow…