Gail Alexan­derSe­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

The Agri­cul­ture and Fish­eries Min­istry has re­quest­ed an au­dit in­to the Youth Agri­cul­tur­al Home­stead (YAHP) pro­gramme fol­low­ing the dis­cov­ery of cer­tain cost is­sues—and Min­is­ter Sad­dam Ho­sein has di­rect­ed PNM leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les' queries on it to for­mer Youth De­vel­op­ment min­is­ter Fos­ter Cum­mings.

Le­gal Af­fairs, Agri­cul­ture and Fish­eries Min­is­ter Ho­sein spoke about the mat­ter in Par­lia­ment yes­ter­day, re­ply­ing to Beck­les' query about whether suc­cess­ful YAHP grad­u­ates will re­ceive their ac­cess to land and starter grants.