The appointment of Professor John Evans Atta Mills as a Visiting Scholar at the University of British Columbia, coming immediately after his four-year tenure as Vice President, is a living testimony to the performance of the NDC whilst in office, writes the Ghanaian Democrat.

“I see my appointment as a tribute to the tremendous progress Ghana has made on the path to democracy and progress”, said Professor Mills in a statement on his departure for British Columbia, Canada, where he will be Senior Associate at the Liu Centre for the Study of Global issues.

The Democrat says Prof Mills, aware of the fact that he took up the appointment at a time the party was undergoing a reorganisation exercise, said he would be back not only to participate in the Party’s Biennial Congress tentatively scheduled for December 2001, but to come and complete the nationwide programme of thanking the millions of party supporters, chiefs, opinion leaders and Ghanaians for the trust and unflinching support they gave the NDC in the December elections.

According to the Professor, his stay in the North America will offer him the opportunity to meet and explain the new direction and agenda of the NDC to members there, adding that he would take the opportunity to broaden it even further.