About The Polytechnic

The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti is a Polytechnic in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. The current Rector is Engr. Dr Temitope John Alake The school is located along Ijan Ekiti road, in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.

The institution opened in January 1977 in Jos, Plateau State, as a college of technology with 350 National Diploma students. The following year it was relocated by the government to Akure, Ondo State, and in 1979 became a polytechnic. In 1982 it was moved again to Ado Ekiti, Akure becoming the location of the Federal University of Technology. As of 2016, it had more than 10,000 full- and part-time students and approximately 1,500 staff