Have you noticed how quick people are to prey on people’s fear and insecurities? Have you noticed how many concoctions, tablets, creams, drinks and even powders are available in the open market to those who want to lose weight, get larger sex organs, have children, look younger etc.?

I was at the market the other day, and a man walked up to me to say that if I inhaled a certain powder, I would lose weight; I laughed so hard, the man thought I also had a mental problem and he also had a cure for that. It wouldn’t be the first time I was approached for something like this. In fact, a friend of mine had a very interesting encounter.

According to her, she was complaining to her hair dresser that her four year old son had become unruly. Another client at the salon quickly referred her to someone who sells an ointment which she called “stubborn boy”. The client said she had used it on her own son some weeks back and she was beginning to see results. My friend who was complaining before quickly told the other lady, “e never reach like that”.

I assumed it was a “Nigerian thing”, until my visit to South Africa. I was at an Indian market looking for chili pepper; next inscription I saw was “Mother-in-Law extinguisher” (a tried and tested powder that takes care of troublesome mother-in-laws). That was all the confirmation I needed, people claim to have remedies to every human problem.

Have you experienced this before? Kindly share your experience.

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