A part of the roof of Ghana’s Parliament house has been ripped off after a severe rainstorm hit Accra.

The rainstorm started in the evening of Tuesday, January 31, 2017 when most people had closed from work or other daily activities and were returning home.

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The rain which was accompanied by severe storm and has caused some destruction in parts of Accra also affected the Parliamentary Chamber.

It is reported even though the few staff of Parliament were doing their best to salvage some important materials of the house other electronic gadgets installed in the chamber were left at the mercy of the rain.

Plastic containers had to be placed at the leaking parts to prevent the water from soaking the carpet on the floor.

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The incident occurred shortly after the house had adjourned sitting.

The house sat on Tuesday night to consider an amendment of the Local Government Bill brought before it under a certificate of urgency.

In 2014, the Chamber of Parliament was renovated following complaints of congestion by MPs. The congestion was because of the increase in the number of parliamentarians from to 230 to 275.

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The house while on recess between July and October 2014 underwent infrastructural adjustment to ease congestion and change worn-out materials.

At the reconvening of the house in November 2014, modern electronic gadgets had been fixed. They included the communication gadgets fixed to the table for every MP.

The central air conditioning system of the Parliament had also been changed with new chandeliers fixed. Old furniture also replaced with imported Chinese chairs that were subsequently changed after agitation from some Members of Parliament.