Ndowa N 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 Entomology1997–2000 Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri Associate Professor of Entomology1992–1997 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