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“Mpape is the closest informal settlement to the central area of Abuja that developed outside the Abuja master plan.”
Mpape is well-documented as a major informal settlement near Abuja’s elite central districts and widely described as having developed outside formal planning controls. But the statement that it is the single closest informal settlement to Abuja’s central area is not demonstrated by the cited evidence, which provides proximity descriptions without any comparative distance ranking. Other informal settlements (e.g., Mabushi, Jabi) are also described as centrally located, undermining the superlative.
“Mpape is an informal settlement that developed outside Abuja's official master plan.”
Credible academic and institutional literature consistently characterizes Mpape as an informal settlement that emerged outside Abuja’s planned/master-plan framework. While no primary master plan map or official boundary document is provided in the evidence set, multiple higher-quality secondary sources directly make the “outside the planned framework” claim. Mpape’s administrative inclusion in the FCT does not contradict informal, unplanned development outside the master plan’s regulatory intent.