$5.8m paid

THE first payment for Phase 2 Round 4 was released this week to 26,549 members whereby a total of $5.8 million was paid, of which $4.7m was topped-up by Government.

The Fiji National Provident Fund also added that a special payment run will be disbursed today to approximately 400 members whose applications required further verification by the fund.

Fund’s acting chief operating officer Pravinesh Singh said members of the fund who had accessed the ongoing COVID-19 withdrawals and wished to continue receiving this assistance, must reapply on the myFNPF App or through their employer.

Mr Singh said this was specifically for those members who had accessed Phase 2 Round 3 and had consented for future assistance but received a contribution in their FNPF account over the past four months.

“One of the qualifying conditions for Phase 2 Round 4 is that there are no contributions paid to your FNPF account in the past four months.

“Once a contribution is received, we will assume that the member is in employment,” Mr Singh said.

“This is why we need these members to re-apply.

“If you are now working and your hours or wages have been reduced, then you qualify for Phase 3.

“If a member had opted for continued assistance and has not received any payment this week for Phase 2 Round 4, then members in the group need to reapply.

“They can confirm this by checking their contribution on the mobile app or by contacting any of our offices,” Mr Singh said.

For Phase 3 Round 3, members that had opted for future assistance in Round 2, must reapply through their employer.