Fiji National Provident Fund has paid out $109m for all the COVID-19 assistance so far.

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Fiji National Provident Fund absolute installment for COVID-19 help remains at $189 million, comprehensive of government top-up.

The COVID-19 help began last April.

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FNPF Chief Executive, Jaoji Koroi, says they are as yet handling a portion of the COVID-19 applications with installments to be done in an ideal way.

“Starting today, the Fund has paid out $109m for all the COVID-19 help up until now. We are running different continuation of stages and Government top-up is at about $80m.”

He says they’re at the same time preparing applications for TC Yasa help.

The help for twister Yasa, we have gotten more than 4,000 application up until this point and we have prepared and paid around 1,300 today. We are intending to deal with the rest this prior week it closes on the sixteenth.

“The help for typhoon Yasa, we have gotten more than 4,000 application up until now and we have prepared and paid around 1,300 today. We are intending to handle the rest this prior week it closes on the sixteenth.”

While the COVID-19 pandemic has crushed the neighborhood economy, Koroi says the asset will keep on guaranteeing dissolvability over the long haul.

“We’re as yet not free and clear yet however we simply need to guarantee the individuals that we’re whatever we can inside our forces to ensure that we keep on doing the help and keep up that drawn out dissolvability.”

As at December a year ago 17,000 individuals had zero equilibrium in their overall record in the wake of making withdrawals because of COVID-19.

-FBC News
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