A presidential pronouncement of its establishment was made at the Palace of His Royal Highness, Olofa of Offa, late Oba Mustapha Olawoore Olanipekun Ariwajoye II, by the then Military President, Ibrahim Babangida during a state visit in 1991.

Consequently, a Local Task Force was then constituted by His Royal Highness, the Olofa, under the Chairman Alhaji Tiamiyu Olatinwo with six other eminent indigenes of Offa and Chief Ayotunde Raji as Secretary.

The Task Force was responsible for taking major policy decisions affecting the Polytechnic and performing the functions of the Governing Council.

It also offers Degree courses in affiliation with the Federal University of Technology, Minna, FUTMINA.

Computer Science[2] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, the polytechnic invented "solar-powered anti-COVID-19 machines".