Osun State Civil Service Salaries Structures 2023

Osun State is a civil servant state, carved out of Oyo State of western Nigeria. The state is rated viable and efficient with enough of natural and human resources, operating a uniform Civil Service Salaries Structures under the harmonized salary structure.

Osun State is also a State where job seekers, especially graduates, as in other states in the country, look up to having government jobs because of the benefits attached like job security, gratuity, guaranteed retirement, otherwise known as severance package and other benefits civil servants enjoy.

Osun State Civil Service Commission has thousands of workers on her monthly pay roll. However, getting a government job whether state or federal is a difficult need, as it requires ‘who know man’ in most cases to get it.

Osun State has a relatively high Salary Scale and Structure. The State Civil Service Commission is one of the states that generate substantial internally generated revenue (IGR) among all the states in the country, in addition to federal allocation to the state.

The state has equally done well in the area of payment of salaries to her numerous workers and job security is assured. The state is also blessed with a competent workforce, made up of highly motivated, disciplined, and productive workers that have always put in their very best to building a strong and viable Osun State.

In this post, we shall bring you the current information about Osun State Civil Service Commission salary scale and structure especially graduates who form greater number of job seekers in the state and indeed the country, a clue to what they should expect as monthly salaries if fortunate enough to be employed as Osun State Civil Servants.

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What makes Osun State Civil Service Commission?

Job seekers in the state and indeed Nigeria will see the information provided here very useful and educative.

Osun State Civil Service Commission 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 is also charged with the function of welfare, promotion, transfer and exercise overall control in all State civil servants in Osun State.

However, from the guide below, you will understand the entire system, especially, the monthly salary you are to expect if employed.

Like other states in the country, civil servants in Osun State 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 Osun State Civil Service Commission

The Osun 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.

Osun State Salary Structure 2023 (Grade Level Breakdown)

Osun 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.

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Below is a tabulation of the salary grade levels and the corresponding monthly salaries of Osun 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 tax payment and other deductions by the Osun 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, we can see that the minimum salary that can be earned by a civil servant at grade level one (lowest grade) in Osun State is N19,500, while the highest is N213,500. The agitation for increase in salaries of workers in the state civil service has not be realized. Also, the recent announcement of palliatives by both the federal and states as a result of subsidy removal have made no significant impact on the salaries of civil servants in the state.

Ideally speaking, a civil servant in Osun 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 Osun State earns monthly by adding the basic salary to the allowances that apply to the person’s grade level.

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In summary, it is important to note that in achieving increase in salary of Osun 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 Osun State Civil Service Commission will go a long way in improving efficiency, high productivity and general wellbeing of all Civil Servants in the State.

We thank you for your time, reading about Osun State Civil Service Commission Salary Scale and Structure 2023. Your comments will surely be appreciated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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