Furthermore,thevariableofperceivedsupportisincludedinthispaperbutwiththe dimension of organisational support, technical support and government support. The present study departs from previous studies (which employed the construct individually)byexaminingthecombinationofthethreedimensionscollectively.Thisis importantbecausethethreedimensionsareveryrelevanttothestudyinNigeriawhere the culture, environment and mindset of the people are that in which any new developmentintroducedislookedatwithsuspicion.Evenwhenpotentialusersbelieve that a given application is useful, they may at the same time believe that the system is toohardtouse.Theperformancebenefitsofusageareoutweighedbytheeffortofusing the application, in which case, usage is theorised to be influenced by perceived ease of use (PEOU) (Agarwal and Prasad, 1999). However, in the Nigerian setting, support of anyform(organisationalsupport,technicalsupportorgovernmentsupport)islikelyto motivatetheadoptionandacceptanceofe-trainingintheNigeriancivilservice