FG Approves Equal Salaries For HND, Degree Holders

The Federal Government has ended the dichotomy between holders of University degrees and Higher National Diploma in all the Para-military services.

To this end, the Civil Defence, Fire, 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 an entry point.

A board meeting chaired by the Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, approved the regularisation 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.