The former Vic-President, Prof. John Evans Atta-Mills, arrives in Accra from Canada next Thursday to attend the next National Congress of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), which takes place at Legon on December 28-29.

Prof. Mills, who was the flagbearer of the Party in the last elections, is now on a one-year contract as a Visiting Scholar at the University of British Colombia and a Senior Associate Professor at the Liu Centre for the study Global Issues, also at British Colombia.

Prior to his departure only last September for the academic assignment, Prof. Mills had indicated that he would be making frequent visits home to contribute his quota to the Party's reorganization efforts.

This will be the first of the promised trips by the former Vice-President, who is expected to make the trip back home through London.

Already, all appears set for the Congress, as the rest of the regional congresses are held tomorrow and relevant documents are put in order.

As expected, there is a building of a pre-Congress tension, as candidates lay claims for national positions, with the usual behind-the-scene campaign.

The key position to be contested for include the national chairmanship and those for the general secretary and national treasurer. The position of flagship is not on line at the Congress.