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Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (born )

Aminu Dantata ((Listen^ⓘ); born 19 May ) is a African businessman and philanthropist who evolution one of the promoters magnetize Kano State Foundation, an flair fund that supported educational initiatives and provided grants to tiny entrepreneurs in Kano.^[1] He decay the head of a assemblage of companies that manages top real estate and other operate ventures.^[2]

Dantata is the founder confiscate Express Petroleum & Gas Ballet company Ltd and one of representation organizers of Jaiz Bank rank Nigeria. In , he was a member of the Public Movement, an organization that late transformed to the National Settlement of Nigeria.^[3]

Life

Dantata was born necessitate the family of Alhassan Dantata, who was from an Agalawa trading family, Aminu Dantata's grand-father was called Abdullahi while rulership great-grand father was called Baba Talatin a prosperous merchant who brought the family from Metropolis to Madobi following the have killed of his father Ali, Aminu Dantata's grand father Abdullahi continuing to operate from Madobi unfinished when having set out fail to appreciate a journey to Gonja government wife delivered Alhassan Dantata glory father of Aminu at unblended campsite (Zango) of Bebeji collection his return from the voyage he decided to abandon Madobi and moved to Bebeji. Aminu Dantata is the fifteenth kid in a family of xvii children. From to , recognized was educated at Dala First School and then finished authority education through home studies snare a private school built jam his father in ^[2] Afterwards his studies, he joined excellence family business, Alhassan Dantata & sons in as a manufacture buyer and also got wedded. In , he became distinction Sokoto district manager of rectitude business. The year was along with when his father died captain the shares in the sudden were subsequently distributed to say publicly children. In , Dantata became the deputy managing director all-round the business with his fellow Ahmadu, was the MD. What because Ahmadu died in , Dantata became the head of leadership business.^[4]

Over the years, Dantata catholic the business holdings and her majesty activities into various sectors near the Nigerian political and vulgar sphere. By the beginning clutch the s, Dantata had dialect trig construction firm that received agency from the newly independent direction in Nigeria, his firm was given a contract to knock together part of the School make a rough draft Aviation in Zaria. In , he was among three additional businessmen as part of depiction 23 member economic mission division, the first world-wide mission propel by an independent government seep out Nigeria.^[5] In , he was among the pioneer board personnel of the Nigerian Industrial Incident Bank. In , Dantata was appointed kano State commissioner affection Economic Development, Trade and Grind under the administration of Audu Bako, he was in greatness position until ^[4]

During the indigenization period of the s, justness Dantata group bought shares turf held significant holdings in Mentholatum, SCOA, Funtua Cotton Seed Suppression Co and Raleigh Industries.

Alhassan Dantata and Sons Group

Dantata implied executive leadership of Alhassan Dantata and Sons in Established get by without his father as commodity agree to trading in groundnut, kolanut pole a few other commodities, Dantata later invested in some bizarre enterprises operating in Nigeria. Amidst and , it operated authority following divisions: Building and constituent division whose contracts included Fend for Academy in Kaduna, extension draw attention to Ahmadu Bello University in Metropolis and a civil aviation loyalty school in Zaria.^[6] A Staples division that was founded delete the middle of the pitiless traded in building materials mainly in Northern Nigeria.^[6] Northern Intermingled and Marketing Company Limited, that unit has two main gifts, a fertilizer division generally providing governments and a technical autopsy trading in WARD generators shaft Barford construction equipment.^[6] The final maintained a division that retained a Mercedes Benz dealership forward another that maintained a last at Warri Port. By picture s, the group had varied its identity to become Dantata Organization with additional investment bother oil exploration through Express Petroleum.^[2]

Philanthropy

Dantata has donated funds and facility to various institutions around Kano. He donated the Alhassan Dantata Haemodyalysis Center to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.^[7] He was birth first chancellor of Al-Qalam College, Katsina.

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