 Good afternoon, I am Yifan Ilumezem, this is the news brief. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEF, has begun the mock accreditation exercise across the country ahead of the 2023 general elections. The commission last week noted the exercise would hold on February 4 to test the efficacy of the bimodal voter accreditation system beavers in preparation for the presidential and national several elections on February 25. The chairman of INEF Professor Mahmoudia Kubu added that the machine used for the mock exercise would be reconfigured in preparation for the main elections. Saturday observed the mock accreditation exercise at its began at Majadi A registration area in the Bauchi Metro Police. Electoral offices allowed to use the voter's facial recognition as an option for accreditation if the beavers machine fails to recognize their fingerprints.