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The Former Chief of Staff and Chairman of the Ghana@50 Planning Committee, Kwadwo Mpiani has implored Ghanaians to desist from, what he calls the �pull him down� attitude and allow people entrusted with national obligations the room to do their work. �Our society should know that there is always a tomorrow. This attitude of bringing you down, this attitude of looking at everybody with suspicion, My Lord cannot move this country forward,� he said. Mr. Mpiani made these remarks when he appeared before the Ghana@50 Commission of Inquiry, to answer questions on how funds accumulated for Ghana�s fiftieth anniversary celebrations were spent. The former Chief of staff said while he was not against holding public officials accountable for their stewardship, it was important that �we have faith and trust in them and let them account for the job we�ve given them to do.� He added that �if in the course of doing their jobs there are malfeasances, nobody is asking the government or the authorities to cover up these people but a society which looks at everybody with suspicion and want to pull everybody down cannot move the nation forward.� Mr Mpiani urged Ghanaians to be guided by the fact that there is always a tomorrow. According to Mr Mpiani when he wanted to enter into politics his grandmother advised him that �whatever you do, know that there will always be a tomorrow." "Then I asked her why and she said because tomorrow, you will always account for what you have done and also what you don�t want others to do to you tomorrow, don�t do it to others today,� he said. Consequently, Mr Mpiani warned society to desist from the pull him down attitude.