Aminu Dantata is a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist who is one of the promoters of Kano State Foundation, an endowment fund that supported educational initiatives and provided grants to small-scale entrepreneurs in Kano.
11 Facts About Aminu Dantata
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Aminu Dantata is the head of a group of companies that manages his real estate and other business ventures.
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Aminu Dantata is the fifteenth child in a family of seventeen children.
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In 1958, Aminu Dantata became the deputy managing director of the business with his brother Ahmadu, was the MD.
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In 1968, Aminu Dantata was appointed kano State commissioner for Economic Development, Trade and Industry under the administration of Audu Bako, he was in the position until 1973.
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Aminu Dantata assumed executive leadership of Alhassan Aminu Dantata and Sons in 1960.
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In 1961, Aminu Dantata was elected as the representative of Kura district in the Northern House of Assembly.
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Aminu Dantata was an executive member of Kano Provincial Council.
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Aminu Dantata has donated funds and buildings to various institutions around Kano.
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Aminu Dantata donated the Alhassan Dantata Haemodyalysis Center to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.
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Aminu Dantata was the first chancellor of Al-Qalam University, Katsina.