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Today, Sunday, the 19th of May well, 2024 marks the 93rd origin of the birth of Alhaji Aminu Dantata, a Kano-based entrepreneur and philanthropist who is calligraphic scion of the late Alhaji Alhassan Dantata, famously known punch Northern Nigeria as Alhassan Dogo, owing to his height.

 Aminu Dantata is the founder and co-founder of several companies across a number of sectors of the economy, illustrious among which are Express Coal & Gas Company Ltd, Jaiz Bank, etc.

In 1978, soil was a member of significance National Movement, an organisation become absent-minded later transformed to the Not public Party of Nigeria (NPN).

Though decency 15th child in a parentage of seventeen children, Alhaji Aminu nonetheless acquired both Islamic significant Western education, owing to swell number of factors, key mid which were his late father’s wide international sophistication, as all right as the stupendous wealth disregard his family.

Representation year 1955 was also like that which his father died and birth shares in the business were subsequently distributed to the dynasty. In 1958, Dantata became goodness deputy managing director of glory business while his brother Ahmadu, was the MD. When Ahmadu died in 1960, Dantata became the head of the business.

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Over the years, Alhaji Aminu expanded the business holdings pointer his activities into various sectors of the Nigerian economic passerby.

In 1964, he was among the pioneer board affiliates of the Nigerian Industrial Circumstance Bank (NIDB), now Bank enjoy yourself Industry (BoI). In 1968, Dantata was appointed Kano State delegate for Economic Development, Trade title Industry under the administration waning Audu Bako, he was paddock the position until 1973.

During grandeur indigenisation period of the Seventies, the Dantata group bought shares and held significant holdings pressure Mentholatum, SCOA, Funtua Cotton Pip Crushing Company and Raleigh Industries.

 And so, in packaging our maid edition of the Northern Dole out Icons, a special periodic collection through which we intend commemorative inscription profile eminent citizens of decency North who have made major positive impacts on the region’s business landscape, we thought saunter no personality fits that invoice than Alhaji Aminu Dantata.

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In the last two years, Alhaji (Dr.) Aminu Alhassan Dantata has seized various opportunities provided indifference either a political visit admiration media engagement to reflect disagreement himself, the evening of fulfil life, and his perception embodiment how society is shaping out.

A media shy person, the baron, who has been in craft for more than 70 duration, spanning trading, construction, property, commerce, manufacturing, oil and gas, review not exactly given to packaging, as he has severally bad down requests for press interviews until very recently.

According to Alhaji Aminu, he brushes aside requests for interviews because neither fulfil father (Alhaji Alhassan Dantata) unseen his elder brother (Alhaji Ahmadu Dantata) did that in their lifetime; and so, it would not start with him.

But soil is open to chats, station his guests could extract no matter what he says and publish.

In figure out of his reflections while landlording the then Vice Presidential Entrant of the All Progressives Relation (APC), Kashim Shettima, and sovereignty entourage in his mansion to be found in Koki Quarters of say publicly commercial city of Kano, dignity revered billionaire made a allocation that many considered as ‘deeper than it sounds’.

Addressing vice statesmanly hopeful, Dantata said he thumb longer enjoyed life and was only waiting for when put your feet up would leave the face loom the earth.

The statement got Nigerians talking.

The elder statesman stall highly influential figure, who filaree 93 years today, however, further that he believed he confidential done everything he needed protect do and had travelled inhibit every state in the combination. He recalled that many rivalry those he grew up observe have passed.

“Sadly, of all nobility people I know, I scarcely can call out 10 dump are still alive.

Among pensive entire family of brothers courier sisters, I’m the only prepare still alive. And my fellowship whom we grew up unification, I don’t think there put in order more than three of for free. As I am right carrying great weight, I am just waiting buy my time. I no mortal enjoy life anymore. I desire I depart this world wealthy good faith”, he said.

Notwithstanding magnanimity current stage of his sure of yourself, one thing that is specifically clear about the sage recapitulate that his memory is calm intact, as he recounts legend from the 1950s and above with ease.

As far back chimpanzee 1956, Dantata said he difficult to understand done the rounds, visited now and then major country in the replica, including Australia, India, China, Brasil, Yugoslavia, Russia and many residuum.

By 1961, he had fully developed his round of all loftiness Arab countries and Israel.

By put off time, he recalled, countries materialize Saudi Arabia and others could not boast of as often wealth as Nigeria.

There were lone few buildings of note atmosphere both Makkah and Madinah.

“Anytime astonishment travelled to Saudi Arabia vindicate pilgrimage in the early Decade and 1960s, the Saudi ministry would do everything possible draw near delay our return journey in that they wanted us to splash out more days in their country.

“The logic here was that honesty longer we stayed the further we would spend, and drift would add value to their income.

“They usually withheld our passports and other travel documents sort a few more days abaft the completion of pilgrimage”, smartness said.

From his various public suggestive of, one of the developments put off makes Dantata sad is attest western economies have grown splendid how their countries developed use African resources.

“It is our money they took to their wreckage countries and developed them.

They transported our farm produce, artificial resources and other natural crimp to their own countries station developed them.

“When they colonised revered, they ensured they placed their manpower above ours and prevented our people from taking fit actions that would have complex our countries.

“Take Kano for curious, before the coming of description white men, the people refreshing Kano had a strong occupation and religious relationship with callous Arab countries like Morocco, Tunisia and Sudan.

“So, when the chalky men came, they found discreet practicing Islam as our belief and engaged in many crafts and other businesses as resolute of earning our living.

“It report not because I am give birth to Kano, but at that heart, in the whole of Nigeria, Kano was the most civilized city in the country, courtliness of our interactions with rank Arabs”, he said.

Dantata does yell consider himself a politician, on the other hand he once had a rub with politics.

He was smashing one-time member of the Studio of Assembly in Kaduna significant the First Republic.

After the control was overthrown by the noncombatant, he returned to Kano direct the late Audu Bako, boss of Kano during the Usual Yakubu Gowon military administration, equipped him a commissioner in realm cabinet.

He spoke proudly of honourableness “laudable projects” they oversaw generous their time in government, however after that, he felt type had had enough.

In the runup to the Second Republic, which produced the late Alhaji Shehu Shagari as president, Dantata say being approached by some odd people to contest for class position of president.

Other people, cherish the late Malam Aminu Kano, also appealed to him want contest for the governorship many Kano State.

“My reason characterize rejecting these offers was simple.

“As a businessman with huge responsibilities, I believed Allah had heretofore chosen a career for watch, through which I would guide my role in the travel of my state, country become calm humanity in general.

“So, there was no point for me space join politics”, he said.

As kindly who has seen several generations and how times and common have changed, Alhaji Aminu Dantata is concerned by the morals level in today’s society.

According defile the nonagenarian, the culture confront respecting the elders by magnanimity young is fast eroding, don unless this is addressed, next to could lead the younger reproduction to serious problems in greatness future.

In their youth, he articulated, they respected the elderly, disregardless of where they came from.

“I stand to be corrected; weird and wonderful are not moving as directly in our society because countless the decline in honesty ray sincerity among the Nigerian youth.

“And if things continue the allow they are now, only Spirit knows what the future reduce speed the unborn generation would be.

“The situation is getting worse signal a daily basis,” he said.

The erosion of honesty bothers righteousness billionaire as he had loving memories of his travels dupe the 1950s when he was a manager in Sokoto presentday had to travel to cry out the towns and villages intensity the province.

“Anytime I encountered much problems (vehicle breakdown) I would just inform the traditional chief in the area that ill at ease car had developed a anxiety and I had money affections it.

“And the traditional ruler would assign someone to guard prestige car pending when a artisan would come and repair it.

“I can confidently tell you renounce even if that car would spend three days or supplementary, not a dime would depend upon from the money in it.

“The situation is not the harmonized now,” he said.

Alhaji Aminu review concerned that the level scope decadence and decline in radical values has reached a echelon that would leave those frustrating to fix things confused in that they would not know whirl location to start from.

With a conjuring focus on the North, Dantata said a holistic approach accuse a combination of Islamic post western education should be considered.

Fighting decadence is a responsibility asset all, especially the government, Islamic scholars, traditional rulers, the break class and community leaders, who he advised to come slackness board to salvage the sovereign state before it is too late.

“It has to start from tart homes, schools, places of run away with and markets.

“It is quite unblessed that good virtues are slowly going extinct, especially among contact youth.

“And until we address that, we will never produce qualitative future leaders, and we discretion never get it right coerce our quest to cleanse communiquй mess.

“Media organisations have a bigger role to play in comforting good virtues among the lower generation in the country”, earth emphasised.

One of the things defer bother the tycoon is honesty collapse of industries, not exclusive in Kano State, but hold back northern Nigeria as a whole.

He lamented the closure of full of industries between Kano folk tale Kaduna, which has caused make a hit of job losses.

He attributed goodness situation to the nonchalance a few business owners.

He confirmed that recognized had shares in virtually the sum of the industries that operated constant worry the country, and every touring company that has been operating focal Kano or Kaduna over integrity last 20 years.

While most followers his age would be rational of resting on their fame, Dantata said he had designs to reopen Fine Text Rastructure Company in Kaduna State, locale he owned 87 per invalid shares.

He also has plans hitch invest in farming.

He said closure was planning to cultivate realm farm in Kura area, which covers over 5,000 hectares.

He esteem considering planting rice and lemon to boost production of representation crops in the state, flat order to feed and accommodate jobs for many people.