Career
In 1998 he commissioned a primary health center in Kunchi town, Kano State, but as of December 2006 it was lying neglected without staff or equipment. Aminu Isa Kontagora remained active in public life after retiring from the army. In January 2003 he was reported to be supporting the presidential bid of former military ruler Major-General Muhammadu Buhari.
He was said to support another former military ruler, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, as presidential candidate in 2007.
In March 2005 he urged financial institutions to provide special services to assist small-scale businesses. In September 2009, Aminu Isa Kontagora was named chairman of the Niger State Elders Committee of the People"s Democratic Party.