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The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Monday began an exercise dubbed "Operation No Hawking" to sensitize hawkers at the central business district of Accra to vacate the streets.ted the streets. He said to prevent street hawking in the capital the AMA had built several markets and allocated stalls to sellers to stay in ply their trade in a convenient atmosphere. Mr Armah said despite this, some recalcitrant traders had refused to go to the new markets and continued to remain on the streets causing vehicular traffic and congestion at the central business district. He blamed the public for encouraging the practice by buying from hawkers on the street instead of going to the market. Some of the hawkers who spoke to the GNA said business at the markets was not encouraging because buyers did not come to the markets but preferred to buy from hawkers on the streets.