The former General Secretary of the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), Edward Kareweh, has criticised the government's response to the ongoing drought in northern Ghana.He also accused it of failing to implement effective solutions in a timely manner. In an interview on Joy FM's Super Morning Show, Mr Kareweh noted that public officials tend to delay taking action until the situation has already significantly worsened, and sometimes fail to act altogether. "Drought is something we should expect in this country. We see signs of it coming. It's not just the lack of rain that defines a drought, but the absence of irrigation to mitigate its impact. "For instance, if there's a week without rain and no irrigation is available for certain crops, those crops will suffer. That's drought for those particular crops.