The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has honored a World Bank scholar and Columbia University-trained economist, Abubakar Inuwa Tata, for the laudable economic reforms in Gombe state under the State2State project in Nigeria. Tata was honored for bringing currency to the operation of the Gombe State Fiscal Responsibility Commission while reforming the state’s Internal Revenue Service(IRS). He was commended for bringing the activities of the commission to the limelight with the publication of its flagship report, “Understanding Gombe State Budget and Financial Statement of the Commission”, for the first...