As part of measures preparatory to the 2027 general election, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has invited members of the party’s 2023 Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, to attend a crucial National Summit scheduled to hold in Abuja on May 22, 2026.

Those invited for the summit include a Sokpto Prince and business mogul, Hon. Ma’sud Musa Bashar who served in the 2023 PCC as Deputy Director for the entire North West region.

According to a party source, the national summit is meant to have heart-to-heart talk with the 2023 Presidential Campaign Council who played key roles towards the emergence of President BolaTinubu as winner of the presidential election..

The source said the summit would afford the party leadership an opportunity to listen and hear from the campaign members, many of who have not received any form of compensation from the party since after the election.

“It would also serve as a platform to restrategise towards the 2027 general election and how to ensure victory for the APC and President Tinubu’s second tenure bid,” the APC source said

According to the letter of invitation seen by this paper, the PCC members are expected to report at the national secretariat of the party located at Blantyre street Wuse 2 as well as Eagle Square for accreditation before proceeding to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa for the summit.

Ma’sud Musa Bashar is the President of Allena Petroleum Limited as well as Chairman, Almasud Oil and Gas Limited and many other companies.

The 35-year old Tarakin Wazirin Sokoto, is one of the most successful young and inspiring entrepreneurs and Chief Executive Officers in the country with business interests that extend to diverse fields including oil, gas and general investment in the energy sector, agriculture, haulage and construction, among others.

As a young man, Mas’ud dared to go into petroleum, energy, gas and other sectors that were usually the exclusive reserve of well-established entrepreneurs and have not only excelled, but also built reputable profiles for himself and his numerous business brands.

Well-known for his charity works, Ma’sud has devoted large portion of his wealth to the upliftment of the poor and the underprivileged in the society, through various charity works and philanthropic gestures to people from his immediate community, Sokoto State and other parts of the country.

Through his charity organization, Ma’sud Dan Musa Foundation, the young entrepreneur feeds thousands provides food, shelter materials, clothing and water for hundreds of indigent people every year and feeds more than 10,000 during Ramadan fasting while distributing uncooked food items to families. The Foundation also carries of periodic renovation of burial grounds within Sokoto metropolis and environs while hundreds of people benefit from its pilgrimage sponsorship every year while his Ma’sud Dan Musa Academy has become training ground for hundreds of young people who are achieving their dream of playing professional football both at local league level and internationally.

While he is doing well in business, Hon. Ma’sud Musa Bashar has his eyes in politics also. In 2023, he indicated interest in the office of the governor of Sokoto State but was prevailed upon by stakeholders, especially elders and traditional rulers to step down his ambition but to seek the position of House of Representative member.

Even as he shelved his plans to contest the position of state governor in 2023, Ma’sud worked assiduously for the victory of President Bola Tinubu as he served as Deputy Director, APC Presidential Campaign Council in charge of the entire North West, the largest geopolitical zone in Nigeria comprising Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto and Zamfara states. The zone is the largest in terms of population and number of votes. He was the youngest politician to serve as Deputy Zonal Director during the election and was so appointed in recognition of his grassroots mobilisation capacity and popularity among young people.

In addition to the above credentials and massive personal achievements, Hon. Ma’sud is being favoured to become the next governor of Sokoto State because of his age, being the youngest among all the identified aspirants so far, in addition of his charity projects that have empowered thousands of young people, especially young men and women who are clamouring for him to contest the 2027 governorship election.