Kastina State is another viable and efficient state in northern Nigeria with greater percentage of relatively low income earners. The state is a civil servant state and also one of the states in the country that operate a uniform Civil Service Salaries Structures under the harmonized salary structure.
Kastina State, like most other Civil Servant States in the country is where job finders, especially graduates look up to getting government jobs. Security of jobs, gratuity, guaranteed retirement, otherwise known as severance package and other benefits civil servants enjoy, are essentially the reason most Nigerians generally go for government jobs.
Kastina State Civil Service Commission has thousands of workers on her pay roll. Getting a government job whether state or federal is not an easy task, as it requires ‘who know man’ in most cases to get it.
The State is predominantly a civil servant state with a relatively high Salary Scale and Structure and prices of items fairly low. Kastina State Civil Service Commission is one of the states that generate substantial internally generated revenue (IGR) in the country, in addition to federal allocation.
Kastina state has also done well in the areas of prompt payment of salaries to her numerous workers and job security is assured. The state is also blessed with a strong workforce, made up of highly motivated, disciplined, and productive workers that have done so much to make Kastina state a viable and efficient state to be proud of.
In this article, we shall bring you the current information about Kastina State Civil Service Commission salary scale and structure especially graduates who form greater number of job seekers in the state and indeed the country and give them a clue of what they should expect as monthly salaries if lucky enough to be employed as Kastina State Civil Servants.
What makes Kastina State Civil Service Commission?
Job seekers in the state and indeed Nigeria will see the information provided here very useful and educative.
Kastina State Civil Service Commission, like other states civil service commission in the Nigeria, is an executive agency of the state charged with the responsibility of employing civil servants, designate their various functions as well as ensuring that strict discipline are maintained in the service.
It also has the function of welfare, promotion, transfer and exercise overall control in all State civil servants in Kastina State.
However, from the guide below, you will understand the entire system, especially, the monthly salary you are to expect if employed.
We should note that all civil servants in Kastina State and other states civil service in the country are under the control of the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the State, except the Chairman and Commissioners.
Responsibilities and Duties of Kastina State Civil Service Commission
The Kastina State Civil Service Commission has various duties and responsibilities, which are:
- To recruit senior officers
- Provide guidelines on promotions, discipline, and appointments;
- Represent the Civil Service Commissioners at Senior Staff Committee meetings of ministries;
- Review and approve the recommendations on disciplinary cases of senior officers;
- Ratify the promotion of officers to senior positions, including conducting promotion interviews and examinations.
Kastina State Salary Structure 2023 (Grade Level Breakdown)
Kastina state Civil Service Commission, like other states civil service in Nigeria, currently operates the Harmonized Public Service Salary Structure (HAPSS), since it came into operation on March 1, 2007.
Below is a tabulation of the salary grade levels and the corresponding monthly salaries of Kastina State Civil Service:
| Grade level | Salary range (N) |
| 01 | 19,500 – 27,000 |
| 02 | 21,000 – 29,500 |
| 03 | 22,000 – 32,000 |
| 04 | 22,500 – 35,000 |
| 05 | 25,000 – 41,000 |
| 06 | 31,000 – 49,500 |
| 07 | 41,500 – 64,000 |
| 08 | 54,000 – 80,000 |
| 09 | 63,500 – 96,000 |
| 10 | 73,000 – 111,500 |
| 12 | 87,500 – 127,000 |
| 13 | 98,000 – 138,500 |
| 14 | 107,500 – 153,000 |
| 15 | 120,000 – 167,500 |
| 16 | 132,000 – 190,000 |
| 17 | 147,500 – 213,500 |
It is important to note also that as obtainable in other states, tax payment and other deductions by the Kastina State Government do not make most civil servants in the State receive the officially assigned salary figures for their respective positions.
From the table above, it is obvious that the minimum salary that can be earned by a civil servant at grade level one (lowest grade) in Kastina State is N19,500, while the highest is N213,500.
The agitation for upward review of salaries of civil servants in the state has not yielded result. Also, the recent announcement of palliatives for workers in the state as a result of subsidy removal has made no significant impact on the salaries of workers in the state.
Ideally speaking, a civil servant in Kastina State, like other states civil service in the country, spends a minimum of 3 years on each grade level, after which he or she gets promoted to the next step within the same grade level. This makes a servant entitled to a slight increase in salary and keeps employees motivated.
The information provided here therefore gives you an insight about rough estimates of what a civil servant in Kastina State earns monthly by adding the basic salary to the allowances that apply to the person’s grade level.
In summary, it is important to note that in achieving increase in salary of Kastina State civil servants, promotional examinations, long years of excellent service and high academic excellence are the needed criteria for elevation in the State civil service.
Approval and implementation of minimum wage for Kastina State Civil Service Commission will go a long way to improving efficiency, high productivity and general wellbeing of all Civil Servants in Kastina State.
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