After his secondary school education at the College of St. Joseph, Vom, Plateau State, Mike proceeded to the prestigious University of Nigeria, where he bagged a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He got employed into the service of Baker Hughes Incorporated, a multinational oil and gas service corporation, where he rose rapidly to the position of a Field Engineer- General. He was one of the selected few globally that tested new technologies developed by Baker Hughes in Houston, USA by applying practical field knowledge to product development. Prior to this, he served his country in the NYSC programme and was retained as a Business Development Officer for Intercontinental Bank PLC between 2007 and 2008. Mike, as a global citizen, has acquired some technical and professional trainings in different parts of the world. In 2008, he attended the Intercontinental Bank Training School in Ofada, South Western Nigeria. Afterwards, on joining Baker Hughes, he enrolled at the Baker Hughes Engineering School in Aberdeen, United Kingdom. He thereafter, had a follow up course at the Bakers Hughes Engineering School in Houston, United States thereby attaining proficiency in Oil Well Drilling/Logging While Drilling LWD.

Mike continued to broaden his horizon by taking Management Courses in the Engineers Development Program in 2012 at Houston, United States. This course focused on a blend of business intelligence and executive marketing strategies in the oil and gas sector. He was also in Paris, France, for the Field Engineer Development Program Geo-market Review which ultimately qualified him as a Field Engineer- General. In 2016, Mike was sent to the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), South Korea, for a technical course in Developing Economies of Rural Communities, a training which has deepened his passion for developing the youths and our rural communities. Between 2017 and 2020, Engineer Mike enrolled at the Lagos Business School and Enugu State University of Science and Technology Executive Business School for a course in Non-Oil Export Development and bagged his MBA in the respective institutions. Interestingly in 2014, the government of Anambra State under His Excellency, Governor Willie Obiano, invited Engr Mike to join his administration in diversifying Anambra's economy. Governor Obiano's instincts did not betray him.

While serving as the Secretary, Anambra State Agriculture Transformation Implementation Committee, the State was able to implement its agricultural blueprint which helped farmers boost their production compared with previous years. This strategy encouraged influx of youths into agriculture. This, by implication, meant more employment and economic development. As Secretary to the Anambra State Land Acquisition and Mediation Committee, the government was able to acquire land from communities without glitch to meet the surging demand for land by investors for large scale commercial agriculture. Hon. Mike continued to serve in various capacities such as Manager for POS Internally Generated Revenue Supervising Team, a Senior Special Assistant to the Government on Agriculture, Secretary to the Standards and Modernisation Committee, Member, Design Review Committee, Member, Anambra State Economic Think Tank and the Pioneer Director General, Project Management and Monitoring Office (PMMO), Anambra State.

In October 2019, Hon. Mike was welcomed to his home state, Enugu, to bring the same innovation and ingenuity to bear in the state. Hence, his appointment as Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture and Focal Person, Enugu State Non-Oil Export Program. With the Governor’s mentorship and guidance, he started the Agribusiness Hub. Through this programme, lots of youths have been trained in packaging and marketing agro-products as a way of earning a living along the value of chain of agriculture. Enugu State has also branded and started marketing the Coal City Rice, an indigenous brand that aims to aggregate and expand the economics around rice production in the state. Other products trademarked for organized marketing are Enugu Garri, Enugu Honey, Nsukka Pepper, Enugu Palm Oil, Enugu Cashew and Enugu Okro. Hon Engr Mike Ogbuekwe has distinguished himself as a youth with competence and requisite experience to blaze the trail in leadership and administration for the youth constituency.