Ndow-Njie served on the National Planning Commission in April 2008 and was deputy-director of Gambia's National Water &amp; Electricity Company. From 25 December 2009 to 10 June 2010, she served in the cabinet of Gambian president Yahya Jammeh as Minister of Energy. She was appointed an Officer of the National Order of the Republic of The Gambia in January 2010 in commemoration of the 45th anniversary of independence and 15th anniversary of 1994 Gambian coup d'état.