By Fola James
Sani Dangote, the younger brother to Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, is dead. The deceased died, on Sunday, at a United States of America, USA hospital where he was treating for an undisclosed ailment.
Dangote Industries announced his passing, in a statement on Monday.
The statement said “it is with a heavy heart but with total submission to Almighty Allah that we announce the passing on of our Group Vice President, Alhaji Sani Dangote today, 14th November, 2021,” Dangote Industries said in a statement in the wee hours of Monday.
“May Allah SWT grant him mercy and admit him in Aljannat-al-Firdaus.”
Sani, an accomplished businessman was the chairman of Dansa Holdings Ltd and was formerly a non-executive director at NASCON Allied Industries Plc.
He sits on the board of at least 14 companies including Nigerian Textile Mills Plc, Nutra Sweet Limited, Gum Arabic Limited, and Dangote Textile Mills Limited. He is also a board member at Alsan Insurance Brokers, Dan-Hydro Company Limited, Dansa Food Processing Company Limited and Dangote Farms Limited.
He is a member of several chambers of commerce, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Shipping of Nigeria and president of the Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association (FERSAN).
The deceased businessman was a one-time consul-general of the Romanian Embassy in Nigeria.
