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.”
