Businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata is dead.
He was 94.
Deputy National Treasurer of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Uba Tanko Mijinyawa, confirmed the development in a Facebook post on Saturday, June 28.
He said details of the late Dantata’s Muslim funeral prayer (Jana’iza) will be announced in due course.
His message reads: “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.”
(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 shortly….
