Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade

Gateway (ICT) Polytechnic, Saapade, known as GAPOSA, is an Ogun State polytechnic at Saapade, Remo North, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was established under the enabling law H.B.30/OG/2005 and commissioned on 22 June 2006. Its stated mission is to promote ICT as an instrument of mass education, provide ICT-driven quality education and empower individuals to be competent citizens who value education as a life-long process.

The polytechnic runs National Diploma (ND), Higher National Diploma (HND) and part-time programmes, all accredited by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE). Its academic structure comprises the Schools of Management, Financial Studies, Liberal Studies, Science and Technology, Engineering and Environmental Studies. Programmes currently advertised for application include ND Agricultural Technology, ND Cooperative Economics and Management, ND Environmental Science and Management Technology, ND Horticulture Technology, ND Social Development, and HND Agribusiness Management, HND Crop Production Technology and HND Agricultural Extension and Management.

General Studies Agriculture is being introduced as a course for all students regardless of programme, with each student maintaining a bed or ridge and receiving a grade; produce is shared on a 70-30 basis to support local food security. The institution also runs GAPOSA Consult, whose bakery began commercial production on 16 October 2023 with a 25 kg batch capacity.

Service units include the Academic Planning Unit, Bursary, Rectorate, Library, Works and Services, Physical Planning, GAPOSA Consult and Student Affairs. The polytechnic is recognised by NBTE, JAMB, WAEC, ITF and TETFund. The Rector is Dr. Sanni Kehinde Oseni, appointed on the recommendation of the Governing Council with the approval of Governor Prince (Dr.) Dapo Abiodun. Student accommodation is largely in the surrounding Remo communities of Isara, Ode-Remo and Ipara-Remo.