By Abdullahi Yusuf
Vice President Kashim Shettima has described the death of business mogul,Alhaji Aminu Dantata, as a big loss to the nation.
Shettima,who represented President Bola Tinubu,stated this on Thursday when he paid a condolence visit to the residence of the late business magnate at Koki quarters,Kano.
He said the death was also a loss to Dantata’s family and all Nigerians as well, and prayed Allah SWT to forgive his shortcomings and grant him Jannatul Firdous.
He also prayed All mighty Allah to give the deceased’s family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
The president said Late Alhaji Aminu Dantata, would be remembered globally as he had lived a fulfilled life and served humanity diligently.
Aminu Dantata died last Saturday in
Abu Dhabi,the United Arab Emirates(UAE), at the age of 94, after an illness.
He was buried in Madina, Saudi Arabia,after a funeral prayer held at the Prophet Muhammad(SAW) mosque.
Shettima was accompanied on the visit by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and other top functioneries of the Kano State Government.