David Oyedepo, the presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners Chapel, still basking in the euphoria of his two week-long 7oth b
David Oyedepo, the presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners Chapel, still basking in the euphoria of his two week-long 7oth birthday celebrations that witnessed the largest gathering of clergymen and women, including gospel singers in recent times, is celebrating another win.
Just when many thought nothing could top his getting two Rolls Royce Cullinan SUVs as birthday gifts, including N1 billion cash gift for feeding 50,000 guests during the duration of his birthday celebrations, Canaanland, the vast expanse of land on which Faith Tabernacle is located including the ongoing Ark Project, Covenant University, Faith Academy and several other establishments, has gotten a federal government approval to build an airstrip.
This makes it easy for Oyedepo or members who have aircrafts to easily land and take off from the Canaanland without resorting to the use of a helicopter which he (Oyedepo) makes use of to beat the perennial Lagos and Ogun vehicular traffic.
In addition, the Ogun State government has partnered with the church to build a six-lane expressway and two overhead bridges at Idi-Iroko expressway and Ota to ensure easy and quick movement of commuters within that axis. Construction of the latter has already begun in earnest with houses and shopping malls being demolished to provide ample space for the ongoing construction.
This won’t be the first time the church will embark on construction projects that will benefit not only commuting members of the church but the community where the church is situated. At various times in the past, the church expended millions of naira to rehabilitate state and federal roads within Ogun State and roads linked to Lagos State. However, this time, the project is on a much larger scale.
