By Angela Odoh
The Living Faith Church’s new Canaanland worship centre named The Ark, which is a massive 109,000 seater auditorium at Canaanland, Ogun State, Nigeria, will be powered by 32 transformers to meet its huge electricity demand.
The General Overseer of the church, Bishop David Oyedepo, who disclosed this, said The Ark is expected to be fully operational after its dedication in November 2025.
He explained that the power requirement stems from features such as 129 elevators, escalators, and travelators designed to move worshippers—including the elderly and physically challenged—across its four levels, including the 5,000-capacity youth church, and a 20,000-seat children’s church.
The Ark also houses 12 twin-tower mission headquarters buildings, where staff movement will largely depend on lifts rather than staircases.
Although Canaanland’s existing 15MW power plant, installed in 2016, has kept the estate running without a single blackout since 1999, he said that it won’t be sufficient for The Ark.
A new 80MW power plant, already under construction, will power The Ark and extend supply to Covenant University, Canaan City, and potentially parts of Ota.
Additionally, The Ark will tap into 1MW of solar energy, while its roof will harvest rainwater for flushing over 1,200 restrooms using gravity-based systems.
Oyedepo emphasized that Canaanland has never experienced a full blackout in over two decades, defying the nationwide power crisis.
