Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), has said that its recent upward review of car park tariffs at its terminal was aimed at restoring order, improving safety and creating an enhanced passenger experience for its users.

The Head of Corporate Communications, BASL, Ajoke Yinka-Olawuyi, told The Guardian that the tariff review was necessitated by growing disorder within the terminal’s limited parking capacity, which she put at approximately 800 vehicles.

BASL had, on April 1, 2026, reviewed its car park tariffs upward by as much as 169 per cent for motorists who use its facility.

Under the revised pricing, sedan cars now pay N3,500 for the first hour, while Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) are charged N4,000 for the same duration.

Large buses face a significantly higher cost of N20,000 for the first hour.

Also, subsequent hours for sedans and SUVs are billed at N2,500, while overnight parking has surprisingly surged to N50,000 from the initial N6,000.

In addition, a penalty of N25,000 is now imposed on vehicle owners for lost or damaged parking tickets.

The latest increase was a significant departure from previous rates for vehicle owners who park at the terminal.

Before now, Sedans were charged N1,300, but were later adjusted to N2,500 for the first hour, with subsequent hours costing just N500.

For SUVs, the initial cost was N1,800, but later increased to N3,500 for the first hour, with the same N500 hourly extension.

According to Yinka-Olawuyi, the car park was becoming chaotic due to sharp practices by some of the motorists.

She insisted that the situation had begun to pose security threats and undermine passenger comfort.

She explained that the facility was increasingly being misused by individuals who parked vehicles for extended periods, sometimes up to three weeks, thereby, turning a short-term parking space into a long-term storage area and denying the company revenue.

She also mentioned some e-hailing drivers, who allegedly occupied parking slots unnecessarily while waiting for passengers, thereby limiting availability for legitimate airport users.

Yinka-Olawuyi insisted that the upward review was not for profit-making as claimed in some quarters, but designed to discourage prolonged parking and ensure a steady turnover of vehicles.

She said: “The car park was becoming chaotic, but we needed to change the unpleasant situation. It is simply for security and sanity reasons. If the car park is not very free, it’s not good for the safety and comfort of the travelling public.

“Some people leave their cars at the terminal car park for up to three weeks and because the tariff was low, they could easily pay it, but the company is denied revenue because the same space could have been used to accommodate other cars for a few hours.

“The former situation was ridiculous and the essence of the new tariff is to reduce chaos at the terminal. There is a standard that we are trying to maintain for safety and improved customer service experience.”

Yinka-Olawuyi explained that airport car parks worldwide often adopt similar pricing strategies to prevent abuse and prioritise short-term use.

She explained that the purpose for the increased tariffs had been met by the company as congestion had eased drastically from the terminal’s car park, while sanity had also been restored.