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The federal government is planning to pay transport workers while finalizing a decision on the N5000 monthly payment to the poor as the monthly subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit or petrol ends by June. Zainab Ahmed Shamsuna,One other proposal that has been made, get them registered and pass a subsidy through them using vouchers. There are several options that we are currently working on, Zainab revealed. She said that kerosene and diesel prices have been deregulated except petrol. The government would not cut its recurrent budget. Two weeks after the National Assembly passed the bill. Remember we have a revenue challenge and everything that we do, we can’t put an exit package..