 Just to watch in the news brief on PLOS TV Africa, the Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced nationwide verification exercise for centres proposed to be converted to polling units across the country. INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at the INEC's office in Karoloko Government Area, Nassarowa State, while visiting some of the proposed centres and existing polling units at the FCT and Nassarowa State. The Chairman said that the purpose of the verification exercise was to ensure that the right thing was done in the conversion of the voting points to polling units. The INEC Chairman said he had been informed that 395 voting points were being converted to polling units in Karoloko Government Area. Yakubu said that with the conversion of voting points to polling units, there would be expanded access to polling units for voters, while congestion of polling units would be eliminated in future elections.