# Ndowa Lale

Ndowa N Lale is a Nigerian academic and publisher. He is the 8th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt in Rivers state, Nigeria.

## Education

Ndowa received his secondary school education in Ascension High School, Ogale Eleme, Rivers State. From 1972 to 1976 he attended secondary school and Federal Government College, Port Harcourt. He earned his Advanced Level G.C.E. in Biology, Chemistry and Geography from 1976 to 1978 at University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri for B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture Crop Science from 1978 to 1981 which he finished with a First Class. He earned his PhD at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in Agricultural Entomology.

## Career

Ndowa is a member of TETFUND Screening and Monitoring Committee under the National Research Fund Intervention. In 2012 he began serving as Vice-Chancellor, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nkpolu. He was a Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt. He served as Editor-in-Chief for the Nigerian Journal of Entomology. He served as Professor of Entomology, Department of Crop and Soil Science Faculty of Agriculture in the University of Port Harcourt.

## Personal life

Ndowa is married and has children. He hails from the town of Ebubu in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State.

## Employment and position held

| Year | Company / Establishments | Post Held |
| 2014–date | TETFUND Screening and Monitoring Committee under the National Research Fund Intervention (Science, Technology and Innovation Sub-Committee) | Member |
| 2013–date | Departmental Graduate Studies Committee | Chairman |
| 2012 | Contested for Vice-Chancellor, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nkpolu, Rivers State | Contestant |
| 2012–date | African Sustainable Development Network. | President |
| 2011–2012 | Nigerian Journal of Entomology | Editor-in-Chief |
| 2008–2012 | Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt | Member, Governing Council |
| 2008–2012 | Disciplinary Committee, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt | Chairman |
| 2008–2012 | Appointments and Promotions Committee, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt | Member |
| 2008–2011 | Consultant to Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency on Songhai Rivers Initiative | Consultant |
| 2006–2011 | Graduate Results Verification Committee, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt | Chairman |
| 2005–2011 | Faculty of Agriculture, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt | Dean |
| 2005–2009 | Board of Governors, University Demonstration | Chairman |
| 2005–2011 | Appointments and Promotions Committee, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt | Member |
| 2005–2011 | Committee of Provost and Deans, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt | Member |
| 2005–2011 | Faculty Board, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt | Chairman |
| 2012–date | Governing Council, Eleme Development Authority | Chairman |
| 2005–date | Department of Crop and Soil Science, Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt | Professor of Entomology |
| 2003–2005 | Department of Animal & Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt | Professor of Entomology |
| 2000–2003 | Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri. | Professor of Entomology |
| 1997–2000 | Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri | Associate Professor of Entomology |
| 1992–1997 | Department of Crop Science, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri | Senior Lecturer (Agricultural Entomology) |
| 1982–1992 | Department of Zoology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt. | Assistant Lecturer & Lecturer (Agricultural Entomology) |
| 1981–1982 | Department of Agricultural Science, Advanced Teachers’ College, Katsina-Ala, Benue State | Lecturer |