Contrary to claims that December in GH, popularly known as Detty December, was subpar in 2025, Ghanaian disc jockey and event curator DJ Mensah insists the initiative was successful and impactful.

DJ Mensah made the assertion in response to a post by Black Volta on X which reads: “Let’s all agree this Detty December wasn’t it.”

Disagreeing with the comment, DJ Mensah wrote: “December in Ghana was actually it. Numbers don’t lie. Energy didn’t lie. Accra delivered. Did people come? Yes. Hotels full? Yes. Events sold out? Yes. Restaurants overbooked? Absolutely. The culture moved forward.”

In a related comment, DJ Mensah suggested that some of the criticism stemmed from individuals with little understanding of event organisation engaging in public debate on the subject.

“But let’s be honest …Content creators, bloggers, carpenters, fishermen etc who haven’t even organized a birthday party are suddenly experts on large-scale events,” he added.

The disc jockey, who is also Sarkodie’s personal DJ and the organiser of the Eat Drink Music Festival, further urged government to take more proactive steps to strengthen the December in GH experience.

“If we’re serious, government should lead a unified December in Ghana push… content, media, digital & traditional, activating other regions .. starting at least 6 months out. My 2 cents,” he said.

The December in GH initiative was launched in 2018 by the New Patriotic Party alongside the Year of Return programme and has since become one of Ghana’s biggest annual tourism and entertainment activities.

Nicknamed Detty December by the youth, the initiative has attracted significant international attention, with foreigners and members of the diaspora visiting Ghana in large numbers each December.

Each year, the Ghana Tourism Authority opens a window for individual event organisers to submit their programmes for publicity and institutional support.

While some stakeholders say they were satisfied with the overall vibe of December in GH 2025, others believe the experience could have been better. Some of the criticisms appear politically driven, while others raise genuine concerns from within the creative industry.