Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for the harmonisation of structures and salary scales across Nigeria’s federal and state civil services. Jonathan made the call in Yenagoa during the foundation-laying and fund-raising ceremony for the Bayelsa State Association of Retired Permanent Secretaries’ Secretariat Complex. He commended the retired permanent secretaries for the initiative, noting that the calibre of personnel in the Bayelsa State public service compared favourably with their counterparts at the federal level. Jonathan recalled that during his tenure as governor of Bayelsa State, he restructured the civil service by creating Grade Level 17 for directors who previously retired at Level 16, to ensure that directors in the state civil service enjoyed the same grade level as their federal counterparts.
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