Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade

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The Gateway (ICT) Polytechnic, Saapade was formally commissioned by His Excellency, Governor of Ogun State on 22nd June, 2006. Its establishment followed the due process of legislation by the Ogun State House of Assembly which culminated in the assent by the State Governor to its Enabling Law – the Gateway Polytechnic Enabling Law H. B.30/OG/2005 in early 2006.

The Polytechnic, which is one of the 4 that were actually established through same process by the State Government in each of the 4 socio-political zones of the State is ICT driven, meaning that all the courses of study on offer have high ICT content. The operational objective and goal of the Polytechnic is that on graduation, irrespective of the course of study, every student will end up with a professional ICT certification in addition to either the National Diploma (ND) or the Higher National Diploma (HND). Occupying a total land area of about 53 Hectares, the Polytechnic commenced operations in 2006 with 396 students spread across 7 Departments, namely ND Computer Engineering, ND Computer Science, ND Science Laboratory Technology, ND Statistics, ND Accountancy, ND Business Administration & Management and Pre-ND Science & Technology. The staff strength at inception including the Management personnel, stood at 32 comprising academic and non-academic staff.

The Polytechnic formally turned out its first 2 sets of ND graduates at its 1st Convocation Ceremony held on 5th July, 2010 which was attended by dignitaries from all walks of life, including the Governor of the State, who along with 5 other personalities, was conferred with the Fellowship Award of the Polytechnic. The highlight of the Convocation Ceremony was the pronouncement of the change of the name of the institution from the Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade to Kesington Adebutu (ICT) Polytechnic, Saapade, in honour of Sir Kesington Adebutu, a foremost philanthropist and incidentally, the first Council Chairman of the institution, by the Governor.

Currently, the total student population stands at 1,507 while the staff strength is 129.

The operational objective and goal of the Polytechnic is that on graduation, irrespective of the course of study, every student will end up with a professional ICT Certification in addition to either the National Diploma (ND) or the Higher National Diploma (HND).

The Polytechnic occupies a total land area of about 53 Hectares, situated within Isara, Ipara and Ode from where the name Saapade is coined.

The vision of the Polytechnic is to be one of the best in Africa by 2020, especially in the area of academic excellence and skills acquisition. As we apply consistent ingenuity, enterprise and prudence in the Management of its affairs. We aim to educate and train individuals to acquire relevant skills, knowledge, and experience necessary to advance the economic, social and cultural development of Ogun State in particular, Nigeria and the world in general.