The Federal Government has approved same
salary for holders of University degrees and
Higher National Diploma in all the para- military services.
To this end, the Civil Defence, Fire Service,
Immigration and Prisons Board has directed
that all officers with HND should be upgraded
to COMPASS 08, which is the salary grade
level for holders of degree certificates at
entry point.
A board meeting chaired by the Minister of
Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau,
approved the regularization of the salaries on
Tuesday in Abuja, according to a statement
issued on Thursday in Abuja by the Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Abubakar
Magaji.
It said, "The board directed that all officers with HND to be upgraded to COMPASS 08, which is the salary grade level for holders of degree certificates at entry point.
"While the nomenclature for the HND holders
will start with the rank of Senior Inspector, the degree holders are with the rank of Assistant Superintendent II."
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