Kano, not Lagos, built foundations of Dangote, Rabiu’s success — Sanusi

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has challenged caller remarks by Vice President Kashim Shettima, insisting that Kano, not Lagos, nurtured the concern foundations of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, and billionaire industrialist Abdul Samad Rabiu.

Sanusi made the remarks portion addressing members of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), wherever helium underscored Kano’s long-standing estimation arsenic a commercialized hub and a cradle of entrepreneurial success.

According to the Emir, some Dangote and Rabiu emerged from Kano’s deep-rooted trading contented earlier expanding their concern empires crossed Nigeria and beyond.

“These businessmen went to Lagos to grow their businesses and larn from the commercialized situation there, not to larn however to bash concern from the beginning,” Sanusi said.

He noted that Kano has historically produced generations of palmy merchants and entrepreneurs, arguing that the state’s commercialized practice played a important relation successful shaping immoderate of Africa’s m...