The three years agreement valued at over $19.1 million, is expected to avail Nigeria of benefits from the corporation's wealth of knowledge in technology and its capability for social and economic development. In addition to the increased access to top-of-the-range software and related training to be provided as a result of the agreement, Nigeria is also expected to benefit from the technical know-how of Microsoft in e-Government and streamline the government's use of Microsoft's software tools.