The 2016 flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo has commended President John Mahama for dedicating the just-ended second National Sanitation Day to the late Aliu Mahama.

The deceased former vice president campaigned against indiscipline, especially in the area of sanitation.

The National Sanitation Day which was first introduced in November and held on every first Saturday of the month is aimed at rallying the entire nation to clean up their surroundings.

Speaking at the second Aliu Mahama Memorial Lecture in Accra, Nana Addo said Mahama’s gesture must be saluted.

Meanwhile, Hajia Ramatu Mahama, the widow of the late Vice President Mahama, has expressed her appreciation for the decision to honour her husband with the second NSD.

She said it showed that the government acknowledged Alhaji Mahama’s efforts at ensuring good sanitation in the country and urged the government to sustain the exercise.

She called on all to see the clean-up exercise as a collective responsibility.