 The National Economic Council, NEC, has set up a committee to review recommendations by the National Salaries and Wages Commission to cushion the impact of the removal of petrol subsidy. At its first meeting presided over by the vice president, Kashim Shatema, NEC said the committee should review the 702 billionaire recommended as a cost of leaving allowance to civil seven to ease the burden of subsidy removal. The committee, which comprises governors from each geopolitical zone, is chaired by Nasir Idris, governor of Keby state. Bauchi governor, Bala Mohamed, who briefs state house correspondent after the meeting said the commission also recommended 23 billionaire monthly allowance to cushion the effects on workers. Typically on the issue of national salaries, income and wages commission, NEC had received recommendations on the various ways and means that this in the country can use whatever increases that we have in the revenue to mitigate the impact that is going to make on the lives of our workers and all those people involved. And so they recommended and they gave us a scenario recommending that there should be an adjustment, consequential adjustment estimated as 702 billion, to 990 million, eight naira as part of the allowances that should be given as petroleum allowance to all workers and as well as 23 to 45 billion monthly over to cushion the effect workers.