President John Mahama says he has directed the Youth and Employment Agency (YEA) to recruit 400,000 young people between 2017 and 2021.

He said the recruits will help manage the Farmers’ Service Centres which are set to start operation next year.

He made this statement when he addressed a rally at Pusiga as part of his campaign in the Upper East Region ahead of the elections in December.

The Natioanal Democratic Congress (NDC) indicated in their 2016 manifesto that through the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), Farmers Service Centres would be established all over the country.

According to the manifesto, the first 50 of these centres are ready to take off.

The centres are set to provide farmers with mechanization support, agriculture extension advice, subsidized fertilizers, micro credit, and operate a buy-back scheme for the farmers produce.

“If in the course of the farming season you need a little money to support you, you go to your centre and say I want GH¢200, I have a funeral and I need it for it…they will give it to you,” President John Mahama explained.

The NDC’s 2016 Presidential Candidate also urged farmers among the supporters he addressed to register and benefit from the initiative.