Nigeria, Sept. 11 -- The Niger State Government has approved the dismissal of 80 civil servants from the State Civil Service for gross misconduct.

According to a statement released on the state governor's official Twitter feed on Friday, the State Executive Council decision was made known to journalists at the Government House Minna, during a post council briefing.

Explaining the circumstances that led to the dismissal, the Niger State head of the service, Salamatu Abubakar, told journalists that the state government had set up a salary committee to investigate the affected civil servants.

She said the civil servants cut across all cadres and gave the break down thus; 1 from the State Ministry of Education, 45 from the State Hospital M...