‘Gold cannot save you at 2am’: GMTF Administrator challenges mining giants to invest in lives
Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, has challenged Ghana’s mining industry to redefine its approach to social responsibility by investing not only in roads, schools and boreholes, but also in healthcare systems that keep mining communities alive. Speaking at the National Mining Dialogue 2026 in Accra under the theme, “Rethinking […]
The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) administrator, Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, addressed mining executives, investors and policymakers at the National Mining Dialogue 2026 in Accra. She challenged the industry to redefine its approach to social responsibility, moving beyond traditional projects such as schools and roads. Darko-Opoku emphasized that the true wealth of Ghana lies in its people, not the resources beneath the ground.
She warned that when a nation's health deteriorates, all sectors, including mining, suffer. At 2am, she stressed, money cannot buy time in a medical emergency, as wealth does not save people. Instead, the infrastructure nearest to them does. She recounted the financial ruin families face when they cannot afford medical treatment and recounted the lack of necessary equipment in Ghana's public tertiary health sector.
Mining companies must invest in healthcare systems that protect mining communities, she argued, as this would be an unshakeable, generational Social License.
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