{"id":69268,"date":"2025-06-29T06:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T06:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69268"},"modified":"2025-06-29T06:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T06:30:07","slug":"northern-coalition-mourns-dantata-hails-his-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/29\/northern-coalition-mourns-dantata-hails-his-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Coalition Mourns Dantata, Hails His Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Oso Abidemi\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has mourned the passing of Alhaji (Dr.) Aminu Alhassan Dantata, describing him as a visionary businessman and humanitarian whose impact shaped Nigeria\u2019s economic and social landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Dantata died on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at the age of 94.<\/p>\n<p>In a condolence statement, CNG National Coordinator, Comrade Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi, praised the late elder statesman as a trailblazer in sectors including construction, banking, oil and gas, agriculture, and manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe laid the foundation for economic development in Northern Nigeria, created thousands of jobs, and promoted prosperity,\u201d Charanchi noted.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond business, CNG highlighted Dantata\u2019s lifelong dedication to philanthropy; supporting education, healthcare, and peacebuilding across communities.<\/p>\n<p>He was celebrated for his humility, wisdom, and commitment to national unity.<\/p>\n<p>The group extended heartfelt condolences to his family, the people of Kano State, and Nigerians at large, praying that Almighty Allah grants him Jannatul Firdaus.<\/p>\n<p>CNG urged Nigerians to uphold the values Dantata championed, which were unity, service, and hard work, so his legacy may continue to inspire generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oso Abidemi\u00a0 The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has mourned the passing of Alhaji (Dr.) Aminu Alhassan Dantata, describing him as a visionary businessman and humanitarian whose impact shaped Nigeria\u2019s economic and social landscape. Dantata died on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at the age of 94. In a condolence statement, CNG National Coordinator, Comrade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":69269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-69268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69268"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69271,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69268\/revisions\/69271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}