The highest body which performed legislative functions under Babangida Regime was

Step 1: Analyze the question The question asks which body was the highest organ performing legislative (law-making) functions under General Ibrahim Babangida's military regime (1985-1993).

Step 2: Explain the concept Military regimes in Nigeria suspended the constitution and the elected National Assembly. Law-making power (through decrees) was then concentrated in a supreme military body.

• Under Buhari (1984-85), this body was the Supreme Military Council (SMC).
• Under Babangida, the SMC was renamed the Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC). It was the highest decision-making and legislative body, and it issued decrees.
• The National Council of State was an advisory body, and under Babangida it served as a consultative organ rather than the supreme law-making authority.
• The Council of Ministers (options B and D are essentially the same) was the executive/administrative body that implemented policies. It was not the highest legislative body.

Step 3: Solution

• A: advisory, so not legislative.
• B and D: executive, so not the highest law-making body. (They are also duplicates, which is a sign they are distractors.)
• C: the AFRC was the supreme body that made decrees under Babangida, so this fits.

Step 4: Answer The correct option is C. Armed Forces Ruling Council.

Step 5: Exam tip Remember the progression of military supreme bodies:

• Gowon: Supreme Military Council
• Buhari: Supreme Military Council
• Babangida: Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC)
• Abacha: Provisional Ruling Council (PRC)

The word "Ruling" in the name connects with Babangida (AFRC) and Abacha (PRC). If you see "highest legislative body" under a military regime, think of the supreme ruling council of that era.