Dalhatu 2027 is a public leadership, consultation and policy-listening movement of the Ezekiel Dalhatu Campaign Organisation, also known as the DEM Movement. Formal party and nomination information will be published once officially verified.
In Ezekiel's own words
Not a manifesto and not a résumé. A personal account, published in the first person and only in wording the candidate has approved.
Hon. Dalhatu Ezekiel Musa, PhD, MNPA — widely known as MC Gida Gida. Official campaign photograph.
No personal memory, quotation or family detail is invented. Sections marked as in preparation are awaiting the candidate's approved wording.
Chapter 01
I have received, with humility, the many voices calling on me to offer myself for service on behalf of the Federal Capital Territory. That support was not organised by me, and I do not treat it lightly.
I am grateful for it. Encouragement of that kind is not a mandate and it is not a licence; it is a responsibility, and I have chosen to carry it carefully rather than quickly.
“That support was not organised by me, and I do not treat it lightly.”
Chapter 02
I am taking this period to pray, to consult widely and to listen — to elders, to young people, to women's groups, to traditional institutions, to professionals and to ordinary residents in every area council.
Consultation of that kind cannot be rushed to suit a political calendar. A decision reached in a hurry is a decision taken without the people it is meant to serve.
Chapter 03
I am not blind to the hardship, deprivation and injustice that many households in this territory continue to face.
Nor am I willing to speak about those conditions casually, or to use them as material for a political contest. What families endure is not a campaign resource. It is the reason public service exists.
Chapter 04
I will not permit disrespectful comparison with those who have served before me or who serve today. Their contributions belong to the record of this territory.
Criticism of institutions is legitimate and necessary. It must never become an attack on persons, and it will not be conducted in my name.
“Criticism of institutions must never become an attack on persons.”
Chapter 05
I hear the concerns of our indigenous communities, and I hear equally the concerns of every resident who has made the territory their home. I do not believe those two sets of concerns are in conflict.
Justice for original-inhabitant communities and equal belonging for every lawful resident are not competing ideas. A fair FCT must protect both, and I will not trade one against the other for advantage.
Chapter 06
Representation begins with an accurate picture of what people actually face, and that picture cannot be produced from a distance.
Gida Gida — house to house — is not a slogan for me. It is the method: go to people where they live, listen first, record what was said, respond honestly and return with progress.
Chapter 07
Nothing I have been asked to consider is about one person. Our aspirations are collective, and any office is held on behalf of communities that existed long before the office did.
Whatever decision follows these consultations, it will be announced publicly, clearly and in my own words.
Chapter 08
I intend to communicate directly with the people of the Federal Capital Territory — not only through intermediaries, and not only when a vote is near.
Until then, I ask only this: keep speaking, and I will keep listening.
“Keep speaking, and I will keep listening.”
