By ALHAJI Aminu Alhassan Dantata, a renowned Nigerian businessman and philanthropist, has passed at the age of 94.
The news of the billionaire businessman’s demise was announced via a social media post on Saturday by the Deputy National Treasurer of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Uba Tanko Mijinyawa.
According to him, details of the Muslim funeral prayer (Jana’iza) for Dantata will be announced in due course.
“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,” Tanko wrote in Hausa.
Tanko’s message about the late philanthropist, who was also an uncle to Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, translates as: “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.”
Also confirming the news, his Principal Private Secretary, Mustapha Abdullahi Junaid, disclosed in a statement on Saturday morning that details of the Janazah would be shared later.
Junaid wrote: “Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. 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.”
Alhaji Aminu Dantata, founder of Express Petroleum & Gas Company Ltd., also played a pivotal role in the establishment of Nigeria’s first non-interest (Islamic) bank, Jaiz Bank.
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