MEDIA RELEASE
ACCIDENT VICTIMS’ EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR ACCF SUPPORT
The Accident Compensation Commission of Fiji (ACCF) has paid a total of $48,914,900.00 in compensation under the no fault scheme since 01st January 2018, of which $32,669,000.00 was for motor vehicle accidents, $15,207,900.00 for employment accidents and $1,038,000.00 for school accidents. This was confirmed to the ACCF Board at their Board meeting on 30th May 2023 as part of management’s update.
The ACCF CEO, Parvez Akbar informed the Board ACCF has continued to receive positive feedback from satisfied applicants. This included the following feedback from victims of motor vehicle, employment and school accidents:
“We wish to express our heartfelt appreciation to the ACCF for the decision to compensate my younger brother for the death of our nephew and son. Once again, please convey our gratitude to the Board and entire team of the ACCF, Vinaka Saka Vakalevu”.
“We lost our brother in a motor vehicle accident some years ago and we have never received compensation because of the requirements at the time. Thanks to the introduction of the ACCF scheme, we were able to receive compensation for the death of our mother”.
“My husband was the sole bread winner for our family, I will invest half of the money received from ACCF and the other half I will use to fulfill his wish, that is to renovate and extend his family home”.
“With this compensation, I am able to plan my child’s knee treatment and it also gives me some peace of mind because I had a lot of costs after the accident.’’
80% of the $48,914,900.00 would not have been paid if the applications for compensation were made prior to the introduction of the Accident Compensation Scheme. More accident victims now have greater access to compensation than ever before, and to more significant amounts of compensation.
This includes workers, who faced a number of hurdles in the past. The Accident Compensation scheme is a win win for workers and employers as workers can apply for compensation directly to ACCF and employers are no longer liable to pay compensation for injuries and deaths from employment accidents.