instrução select na função postgres chamada dentro de um gatilho

CREATE FUNCTION notif()
RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
DECLARE
    data JSONB;
    result JSONB;
BEGIN
    SELECT json_agg(tmp)  -- requires Postgres9.3+
    INTO data
    FROM (
        -- your subquery goes here, for example:
        SELECT followers.following_user_id
        FROM followers
        WHERE followers.followed_user_id = NEW.user_id
    ) tmp;

    result := json_build_object('data', data, 'row', row_to_json(NEW));
    PERFORM pg_notify('event', result::TEXT);
    RETURN NEW;
END;
$$ language plpgsql;