Lagos City Polytechnic is a privately owned polytechnic in Ikeja,

Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...

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. It provides National Diploma courses in Accountancy, Banking & Finance and Business Studies. The Lagos City Computer College is affiliated with the polytechnic. The polytechnic is recognized by the

National Board for Technical Education The National Board for Technical Education, otherwise known as NBTE, is a board of education which supervises, regulates and oversees educational programmes offered by technical institutions at secondary, polytechnic and monotechnic levels th ...

The polytechnic was established in 1990 by Engineer Babatunde Odufuwa as the first private tertiary educational institution in Nigeria. It gained official recognition in 1995. In December 2002 the polytechnic held its second convocation ceremony, where about 300 students received Higher Diplomas or National Diplomas. The institution was criticized in 2006 by a Sunday Sun reporter who found lax admission procedures and inadequate staff.

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Polytechnics in Nigeria Education in Lagos State {{Nigeria-university-stub

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