MVA Fund vows swift action on Grootfontein crash

THE Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund has pledged to do its utmost to help the families of the people who died in a horror crash near Grootfontein on Tuesday.

On Thursday last week, MVA Chief Executive Jeremia Muadinohamba told Prime Minister Nahas Angula and his Deputy, Libertina Amathila, that the Fund would invoke emergency powers to speedily process compensation claims arising from the accident. But he emphasised that care would be taken to prevent chancers from profiting from the tragedy.”Each case shall be dealt with according to its merit,” he said.The MVA has sent investigators to Grootfontein and set up to contact centres – one at the MVA headquarters in Windhoek and one at the Governor’s office in the Kavango Region.Legally, the fund is liable to pay the funeral expenses of accident victims and the medical bills of the injured.Muadinohamba said the Fund would also assist the children and dependents in cases where the deceased persons were breadwinners.Prime Minister Nahas Angula said Government would give the MVA all the assistance it could.To this end, President Hifikepunye Pohamba has instructed Deputy Prime Minister Libertina Amathila to take charge of the matter.Amathila, who visited the crash scene on Wednesday, described the accident as the worst since Independence.But he emphasised that care would be taken to prevent chancers from profiting from the tragedy.”Each case shall be dealt with according to its merit,” he said.The MVA has sent investigators to Grootfontein and set up to contact centres – one at the MVA headquarters in Windhoek and one at the Governor’s office in the Kavango Region.Legally, the fund is liable to pay the funeral expenses of accident victims and the medical bills of the injured.Muadinohamba said the Fund would also assist the children and dependents in cases where the deceased persons were breadwinners.Prime Minister Nahas Angula said Government would give the MVA all the assistance it could.To this end, President Hifikepunye Pohamba has instructed Deputy Prime Minister Libertina Amathila to take charge of the matter.Amathila, who visited the crash scene on Wednesday, described the accident as the worst since Independence.