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Practitioners, said the reforms will mean little if the government, marred by decades of corruption, can't spend the money effectively."The question is, how effective, efficient, and how prudent are they managing what they have been collecting with the current taxes?" said Nongomin Joshua, of Nongomin & Co, Practitioners, an accounting group.Economist Kelvin Emmanuel based in Abuja, the capital, said the new reforms would be key in raising the tax-to-GDP ratio, a struggle for many African countries where millions work in the informal sector."It will also strengthen the fiscal administration of local governments around Nigeria, as the new framework seeks to create a comprehensive governance framework for local governments around autonomy," he told AFP.