The Going Gets More Exciting

Week IV
You must agree with me, lover of TAA, that the fourth week is so far the most exciting!

There was an unpredictable twist when Omar having been chosen by the Zulu Corporation to be their next task manager was switched to become the project manager of the Matrix Corporation and replaced with Kathleen.

As for the task, the two teams were driven to Eko Hotel and instructed to "refurbish and decorate a hotel room that meets the standards" of the hotel and in a way that somebody like Shobanjo "will be happy to live in".

Down on it, the unshakable Cameroonian, hard like the yams she grew up eating, handled the obstinate boys, delegating tasks, and impressing it upon them she was the boss.

In the 'enemy' camp, Omar behaved like an African chief, imposed his authority on the girls, apportioned functions and then fell back to scratch his itchy chin.

He then made a fatal mistake when he insisted the Zulus be subjected to a thorough search alleging they had planned to sneak in items from their Lagos mansion to the hotel room they were about to decorate. To my amusement, this move backfired on him when our boy Deox suggested that the Matrix be searched as well. In the process, the calculative boys saw everything the Matrix Corporation had bought and fast alerted their guys who were still shopping to get better decorations than what the Matrix had bought.

The contestants who had put a lot of effort in preparing the concepts for the rooms busied themselves, and those who remembered Extreme Makeup tips put them to good use and put up a quite a good show.

Later while assessing their efforts, the two Eko Hotel executives observed that the Matrix Corporation had created a little home away from home, but added quickly, that the Zulus were winners because they had coordinated the colours and arranged their room to meet the desired standards.

A smiling Shobango congratulated the boys and sent them to Swe Bar to sing karaoke with Nigerian's foremost artistes 2Face Ibibia and Sasha. He even cracked the boys up when he joked that if any of them didn't sing well during the karaoke he would be fired!

In the boardroom, tension was high meanwhile. The C.E.O was pissed off that Matrix Corporation had lost at what they were conceived to do better, and by the fact that this was the third time in four weeks that he was meeting them.

The girls heaped blame on Omar saying he had used a dictatorial approach and refused to listen to their ideas and done nothing himself.
Omar said his concept of "focus, accountability and cohesiveness" was strong but that the girls had remained disorganized. He made the mistake of accusing Eunice and Bekeme as the weakest links. It was a mistake because an incensed Eunice shot Omar saying he had had a premonition they would lose and even wooed her into conspiring with him to save their hide. She said she had assured Omar she would kill him if he dragged her to the boardroom. She literally fulfilled her threat because the ruthless Shabanjo was shocked by her confession and angrily fired Omar!

That this was a second time a project manager was being fired after Anthony proves that being a leader sometimes does not pay.

On his way home, the crestfallen Guinean left us something with which to remember him –he said Shabanjo had sacked him because he didn't like the cologne he wore!

Watch out Deox because in this game it is every man for himself, and remember, wolves devour each other!