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Abia state's organized Labour has issued a 14-day ultimatum to Governor Alex Otti to ensure full payment of the N30,000 national minimum wage and the N35,000 palliative wage award approved by the federal government for workers. The letter, signed by the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), Abia state council, and Trade Union Congress, (TUC), Abia state council, reveals the challenges faced by labor unions and their members in the state, including non-implementation of the former national minimum wage and the N35,000 palliative wage award. The letter also criticizes the state government's refusal to discuss the minimum wage and the non-implementation of the N35,000 palliative wage award, which has dampened workers' morale. The organized labour is requesting the government to implement the wage award within 14 days, in line with the directive of the joint NEC meeting of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress.