An haifi Alhaji Aminu Dantata a ranar 19 ga Mayu, 1931 a Kano, Najeriya. Ya fito ne daga fitacciyar zuriyar Dantata wadda ta shahara wajen kasuwanci a fadin Yammacin Afirka. Shi ne ɗa na 15 cikin ’ya’ya 17 da mahaifinsa, mashahurin ɗan kasuwa Alhassan Dantata, da mahaifiyarsa Amina Umma Zaria suka haifa. Asalin zuriyar ya samo ne daga al’ummar Agalawa masu harkar kasuwanci, tare da tushe a Katsina, Madobi har zuwa Bebeji inda kakansa Abdullahi ya zauna tun daga shekara ta 1877.
Aminu ya tashi a cikin wannan muhalli na kasuwanci, inda ya gada ba kawai dukiya ba, har da ƙwarin gwiwar shiga harkar kasuwanci. Bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa a 1955, an raba kasuwancin ga ‘ya‘ya, wanda ya bai wa Aminu dama ya fara tsara tafiyarsa ta musamman a harkar kasuwanci.
Aminu Dantata ya yi aure a shekara ta 1949, kuma Allah ya albarkace shi da ‘ya’ya da dama. Matarsa, Hajiya Rabi Dantata, ta rasu a watan Afrilu, 2023 a ƙasar Saudiyya. Daga cikin ‘ya’yansu akwai Tajuddeen, Batulu, Hafsa, Jamila da Aliya. Danginsa sun haɗa da mutane da suka yi fice kamar Sanusi Dantata, ɗalibi a jami’ar MIT, da kuma attajirin Afirka Aliko Dangote wanda shi ɗansa ne na jikan kanensa.
Ko da yake ya kai shekaru masu yawa, Aminu ya ci gaba da kasancewa cikin harkokinsa na kasuwanci kuma yana yawan tafiye-tafiye. Ana kuma saninsa da fadin ra’ayinsa kan tabarbarewar ɗabi’a da kuma durƙushewar masana’antu a Arewacin Najeriya.
Ilimi
Aminu ya fara karatu da koyon Alƙur’ani mai girma wanda ya gina masa ginshiƙin rayuwar addininsa. Daga 1938 zuwa 1945, ya halarci makarantar firamare ta Dala a Kano inda ya samu ilimin zamani. Daga 1945 zuwa 1949, ya ci gaba da karatu a makarantar Dantata English and Arabic School da mahaifinsa ya kafa. Haɗin wannan ilimi na addini da na boko ya ba shi kayan aiki na zama jagora a kasuwanci da rayuwar al’umma.
Harkokin Kasuwanci
Aminu ya shiga kamfanin danginsu, Alhassan Dantata & Sons, a shekarar 1948 yana da shekara 17. Ya fara da sayen gyada, kafin daga bisani a ɗaga shi zuwa matsayin manaja na yankin Sokoto a 1955. A 1958 ya zama mataimakin darektan gudanarwa, kuma bayan rasuwar ɗan’uwansa Ahmadu a 1960, ya zama darektan gudanarwa yana da shekaru 29 kacal.
A karkashin jagorancinsa, kamfanin ya faɗaɗa daga sana’ar saye da sayar da kayan gona zuwa manyan sassa na masana’antu. A shekarun 1960s, ya kafa kamfanin gini wanda ya aiwatar da manyan ayyuka na kasa kamar su sassan makarantar jiragen sama ta Zariya, jami’ar Ahmadu Bello da kuma NDA a Kaduna.
A shekarun 1970s, kamfaninsa ya zuba hannun jari a kamfanonin waje kamar Mentholatum, SCOA, da Raleigh Industries. Daga baya, ya kafa Dantata Organization wadda ke da rassan masana’antu, tashar jiragen ruwa da dillancin motocci. A shekarun 1990s, ya kafa Express Petroleum & Gas Ltd sannan ya taimaka wajen kafa Jaiz Bank — bankin musulunci na farko a Najeriya. Har ila yau, ya jagoranci tawagogin cinikayya zuwa ƙasashen waje.
Gudunmawar Siyasa
Ko da yake mashahurin ɗan kasuwa ne, Aminu Dantata ya taka rawa a fagen siyasa da shugabanci. A 1961, an zaɓe shi a Majalisar Dokoki ta Arewacin Najeriya a ƙarƙashin jam’iyyar NPC. Bayan juyin mulki na 1966, an naɗa shi kwamishinan ci gaba da masana’antu a jihar Kano daga 1967 zuwa 1973.
Ya wakilci Najeriya a kwamitin shirya bankin cigaban masana’antu na kasa da kuma a cikin tawagar kasuwanci ta duniya. Ya kuma taka rawa a aikin rubuta sabon kundin tsarin mulki lokacin mulkin farar hula na biyu. Duk da kiraye-kirayen da ya sha don ya tsaya takarar shugaban kasa, ya zaɓi ya ci gaba da zama a harkokin kasuwanci.
Ayyukan Jinƙai
Alhaji Aminu Dantata ya kasance mai matuƙar hannu daɗi a al’umma. Ya bayar da tallafi sosai a bangaren ilimi, lafiya da ci gaban jama’a, musamman a jihar Kano. Ya taimaka wajen kafa Kano State Foundation kuma ya tallafa wa asibitoci da dama, ciki har da samar da cibiyar wanke ƙoda a Asibitin Koyarwa na Aminu Kano.
Ya gina makarantu a jami’o’i kamar Bayero da ABU Zaria. A shekarar 2020, ya bayar da naira miliyan 300 domin yaƙi da COVID-19 a Kano, da kuma Naira miliyan 500 domin aikin gina Babban Masallacin Abuja. Ya kuma dauki nauyin aikin hajji na mutane da dama. An nada shi a matsayin chancellor na farko a jami’ar Al-Qalam da ke Katsina.
Karramawa da Gado
A rayuwarsa, Aminu Dantata ya samu lambar yabo da dama saboda gudunmawarsa. An ba shi digirin girmamawa daga jami’o’i da dama kamar ABU Zaria, BUK, UDUS da jami’ar Jihar Imo. Ya kuma samu lambar yabo ta kasa: Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) da Commander of the National Republic of Niger (CONN).
Ya kasance uban gida na dindindin a majalisar kasuwanci ta Najeriya da ta Kano. A 2021, ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen sulhunta Aliko Dangote da Abdussamad Rabi’u — manyan attajiran kasar, wanda hakan ya kara masa daraja a idon jama’a.
Dukiya
Kafin rasuwarsa a 2023, dukiyar Aminu Dantata ta kai kimanin dala biliyan daya ($1bn), sanadiyyar nasarorin da ya samu a fannoni da dama kamar man fetur, gine-gine, noma, harkokin kudi da kadarori.
Rasuwarsa
Alhaji Aminu Dantata ya rasu a ranar 28 ga Yuni, 2025 a Abu Dhabi, Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa, yana da shekaru 94. Majiyoyin danginsa sun tabbatar da rasuwarsa da safiyar ranar a misalin ƙarfe 3 na asuba agogon Najeriya, bayan gajeriyar rashin lafiya.
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