 The National Economic Council in Thursday in Abuja said it has agreed that patrol subsidies should not be removed as early a plan for June 2023. The Minister of Finance, Board of National Planning, Mesa Zeynabammad disclosed this to the State House corresponding shortly after the Violent Dictory Council meeting presided over by the Vice-President Yamiyoshi Bajo at the Council chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Ahmed said the Council agreed on the need for continued discussions on the issue, Arden, that the federal government, together with states and representatives of the incoming administration, require more perpetuity work. Ahmed added that the federal government will be working together with representatives of the states between now and June 2023. He said it is not going to be removed now, which means it will not be removed before the transition is completed. That's what it means. But then we have two laws that have inadvertently made the provision that we should exit by June. So if the committee's work, which will include the representatives of the incoming administration, determines that the removal can be done by June, then the plan, the work plan, will be designed to exit by June. But if the determination is that the period needs to be extended, it will mean that we will have, as a country, will have to revisit the Appropriation Act, for example, because the 2023 budget only made provision up to June. So if we are extending beyond June, it means we have to revisit the Appropriation Act and do a supplementary or amend the bill, and also the PIE. We that are here now are going to do the work with the representatives of the incoming administration, and we will exit and leave them to continue with the implementation of the plan. And so this, there will be an expanded committee so that it is not just a few people's thoughts that will guide the process, that there is sufficient consultation, taking inputs from key stakeholders into the measures that need to be taken.